The Reasonable Man
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The Reasonable Man

Trollope's Legal Fiction

  1. 242 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Reasonable Man

Trollope's Legal Fiction

About this book

In a new interpretation of the fiction of Anthony Trollope, Coral Lansbury argues that Trollope's work in the Post Office, starting in 1834, had more influence on his fiction than did any literary figure or tradition. Drawing on her original research in Post Office Records, she reveals the ways in which legal forms and legal reasoning shape both the language and the structure of Trollope's published work.

Originally published in 1981.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. I. The Legal Structure of Trollope's Fiction
  6. II. Order and Vision
  7. III. Society Examined: The Travel Books
  8. IV. Success and Personality: Autobiography and Biography
  9. V. Society and the Language of Law
  10. VI. The Macdermots of Ballycloran
  11. VII. The Single Transaction—Conscience and Society: The Warden
  12. VIII. The Single Transaction—Guilt and Society: Cousin Henry
  13. IX. The Multiple Transaction—Social Contracts—Law and Justice: Orley Farm
  14. X. The Multiple Transaction—Social Contracts—The Rebels: Mr. Scarborough's Family, Ayala's Angel
  15. XI. The Extended Multiple Transaction—The Rights and Duties of Barchester: The Warden, Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, Framley Parsonage, the Small House at Allington, the Last Chronicle of Barset
  16. XII. The Extended Multiple Transaction— Privilege and Power in Politics: Can You Forgive Her? Phineas Finn, the Eustace Diamonds, Phineas Redux, the Prime Minister, the Duke's Children
  17. Index