Thackeray's Waterloo: history and war in Vanity Fair
Hammond, Mary (2002) Thackeray's Waterloo: history and war in Vanity Fair. Literature and History, 11, (2), 19-38.
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Using contemporary writings about Waterloo gleaned from a number of primary sources, this paper places Vanity Fair in the context of what Eric Hobsbawm (1968) has described as a 'concentrated effort' on the part of the middle classes of the 1840s to `give themselves confidence and pride in their historic task' by `reshaping the institutions of Britain in a manner suitable to industrial capitalism'. It argues that one of the most crucial reshapings being carried out was the `official' history of war, and that it is a critique of this practice which lies at the heart of Thackeray's satire.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0306-1973 (print) |
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| Keywords: | william makepeace thackeray, vanity fair, battle of waterloo, critique of `official' war history |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > English |
| Item ID: | 48443 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2012 12:18 |
| Contributors: | Hammond, Mary (Author) |
| Date: | October 2002 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/48443 |
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