Oxford Reader's Companion to Trollope

Oxford Reader's Companion to Trollope by Terry, R. C.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780198604204.

The author of forty-seven novels, plus travel books, biographies, essays, and critical works, Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was the most prolific of the great Victorian writers. Now The Oxford Readers Companion to Trollope brings together thirty-six leading scholars who provide an accessible, authoritative, and wide-ranging reference work on this important literary figure. Here, in more than 500 A-Z entries, readers will find a wealth of information on Trollopes life, his works, and the historical and social context in which he lived. Trollopes writing career spanned almost half a century and his circle of friends reads like a whos who of Victorian England--and its all captured here. The contributors offer illuminating essays on Trollopes major works--including the famed Barsetshire Novels and Paliser Novels--as well as on the many lesser known but no less accomplished books. The volume also examines Trollopes personal life, offering fresh information on such well documented aspects as his work at the Post Office and his famous circle of friends. Moreover, the contributors provide the most recent findings on aspects of Trollopes career only recently addressed by scholars: his work as a biographer and journalist, the importance of his extensive travels abroad, and the astonishing reappraisal of his work over the last few decades. And the Companion includes a chronology of Trollopes life, a family tree, maps, a thematic overview, and an extensive bibliography. Packed with information based on the most current research, this attractively illustrated volume provides an unparalleled guide to one of the great nineteenth-century writers. It belongs on the shelf of everyone who loves English literature.