Thackeray's skeptical narrative and the "perilous trade" of authorship
The perilous trade of authorship to which Thackeray refers in his famously succinct observation is the subject of Judith Fisher's study into skepticism and its literary connotations.
Authors and readersEnglish languageHistoryNarration (Rhetoric)Reader-response criticismRhetoricSkepticism in literatureTechniqueEnglish literature, history and criticism, 19th centuryCriticism and interpretationScepticisme dans la littératureNarration