Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)

A selective list of online literary criticism for the English Victorian era novelist Anthony Trollope, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars and articles published in peer-reviewed sources

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Introduction

The Victorian Web. Ed. George P. Landow. Essays on Anthony Trollope's writing techniques, themes, biography, and the Victorian background.

"Anthony Trollope." A biography from the Trollope Society.

An introducton to Anthony Trollope. The (UK) Guardian, 22 July 2008.

"The Way We Write Now." On the BBC adaptation of Trollope's The Way We Live Now. Article by Tim Adams in the (UK) Guardian, 11 Nov. 2001.

The Way We Live Now. A PBS web site on Anthony Trollope's novel, contains an interview with actor David Suchet about playing Melmotte, a biography of Trollope, some topics for discussion, and more.

He Knew He Was Right. A BBC web site, contains an interview with the author of the screenplay for the broadcast in 2004.

Meade, Rebecca. "Lawyers Who Love Trollope." The New Yorker, 16 Apri, 2001. Brief article about an event for lawyers honoring Anthony Trollope and Victorian fiction.

Maunder, Andres. "Anthony Trollope." Literary Encyclopedia, 18 July 2001 [subscription service].

Literary Criticism

Edwards, Amelia. "From a past contemporary: three Victorian novelists-Charles Dickens, W.M. Thackeray, Anthony Trollope." Contemporary Review, August 1994.

Jones, Wendy. "Feminism, fiction and contract theory: Trollope's He Knew He Was Right." Criticism, Summer 1994.

Kohn, Denise. "'The Journey to Panama': one of Trollope's best 'tarts' - or, why you should read 'The Journey to Panama' to develop your taste for Trollope." On a short story by Trollope. Studies in Short Fiction, Winter 1993.

Moody, Ellen. "Anthony Trollope - British Novelist." Introduction, an article on letter-writing characters in his novels, extensive bibliographies, reproductions of illustrations to his novels, and excerpts from the Trollope discussion list. Prof. Moody's web site.

Mullen, Richard. "Trollope on compact disc." On the continuing popularity of the Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope. Contemporary Review, Nov. 1996.

Mullen, Richard. "Trollope and the Pious Slippers of Cheltenham." On the influence of setting on Trollope's writing. Contemporary Review, Feb. 2001.

Reiter, Paula Jean "Husbands, wives, and lawyers: Gender roles and professional representation in Trollope and the Adelaide Bartlett case." College Literature (1998) [first page of article only, blurred].

Tintner, Adeline R. "James's 'The Patagonia': a critique of Trollope's 'The Journey to Panama.'" Compares two short stories, one by Henry James and the other by Anthony Trollope. Studies in Short Fiction, Winter, 1995.

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