Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. I. New Relationships in Style, Form, and Content 1
5. II. Parody of "Fashionable" Fiction (1837-1848): Vanity Fair 14
6. III. Parody of Chivalric Romance (1845-1849): Vanity Fair 33
7. IV. Neoclassical Conventions: Vanity Fair, Pendennis, The Newcomes 51
8. V. Form, Style, and Content in Vanity Fair 73
9. VI. Allegorical-Biographical-Historical Epic: Henry Esmond 92
10. VII. Esmond as Epic 118
11. VIII. Style and Form in Esmond 167
12. IX. Style and Content in Esmond 188
13. Index 231