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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 – 1863)

writer of Vanity Fair

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Criticism about William Makepeace Thackeray

Pegasus In Harness: Victorian Publishing and W. M. Thackeray

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/wmt/pegasus/contents.html

Explores the relationship between Thackeray and the publishers in the Victorian era.

Contains: Criticism

Author: E. D. H. Johnson

From: The Victorian Web Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1992

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Thackeray

https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/authors/#9

This lengthy analysis of the author’s life and work includes sections on “Early life”, “Thackeray�s contributions to Punch”, “Vanity Fair”, and “The Virginians.”

Contains: Extensive Bio, Criticism, Bibliography

Author: A. Hamilton Thompson

From: The Cambridge History of English and American Literature Volume XIII: English, The Victorian Age, Part One, The Nineteenth Century, II

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Biographical sites about William Makepeace Thackeray

The Art of Biography

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/wmt/bio1.html

This article (posted to a Victorian literature listserv by a prominent Thackeray scholar) is not a general biography of Thackeray (WMT), but rather an examination of two things: the difficulties in writing biographies in general (with specific mention of WMT), and the recent controversy of WMT’s attitudes toward his wife.

Contains: Commentary

Author: Peter Shillingsburg

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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-63)

This website outlines Thackeray’s life and provides links to other online Thackeray information and works. Also has some pictures of prominent people and places in Thackeray’s life.

Contains: Timeline, Webliography, Pictures, Works Available

Author: Mitsuharu Matsuoka

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William Makepeace Thackeray: A Brief Biography

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/wmt/wmtbio.html

This “brief” biography is actually quite extensive, covering Thackeray’s childhood, education, travels, personal life, writing and professional work. It gives particular emphasis to the impact of the events of his life on his writing.

Contains: Extensive Bio

Author: Robert Fletcher

From: Victorian Web

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Last Updated Apr 29, 2013