Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
(18 jul. 1811, Calcuta, India– 24 dic. 1863, Londres, Inglaterra).
Novelista inglés. Estudió leyes y artes, pero pronto se dedicó a escribir innumerables ensayos y artículos humorísticos en diversas publicaciones, para lo que se valía de una serie de seudónimos. Sus primeros escritos aparecieron en volúmenes como
El libro de los snobs (1848), que recopilaba los artículos que había publicado en el periódico satírico
Punch;
y Misceláneas (1855–1857), que incluye la novela histórica
Barry Lyndon (1844). Debe su fama sobre todo a las novelas
La feria de las vanidades (1847–48) –una mirada panorámica a las costumbres inglesas y las flaquezas humanas durante la era napoleónica–, y
Memorias de Enrique Esmond (1852), ambientada a comienzos del s. XVIII. La
Historia de Pendennis (1848–50) es una autobiografía parcialmente ficticia. Por sus cuadros narrativos de la vida inglesa contemporánea, Thackeray fue considerado en su momento el único rival de
Charles Dickens, pero esta apreciación no se conservó durante el s. XX.
William Makepeace Thackeray, detalle de una pintura al óleo de Samuel Laurence; National ...
Courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London
Enciclopedia Universal.
2012.
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Thackeray, William Makepeace — (1811–1863) The friend and great literary rival of Charles Dickens, Thackeray was an English novelist, comic illustrator, essayist, and lecturer. The son of a high government official in India,Thackeray was born in Calcutta in 1811. After his… … The Encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick
Thackeray, William Makepeace — born July 18, 1811, Calcutta, India died Dec. 24, 1863, London, Eng. English novelist. He studied law and art but soon became a prolific writer for periodicals, using a variety of pen names. His early writings appear in such volumes as The Book… … Universalium
Thackeray, William Makepeace — (1811 1863) Born in Calcutta, India, the son of a wealthy English officer of the East India Company, he was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, but left without graduating. He was a journalist in Paris and in London … British and Irish poets
Thackeray,William Makepeace — Thack·er·ay (thăkʹə rē, thăkʹrē), William Makepeace. 1811 1863. British writer whose novels, including Vanity Fair (1847 1848), explore the ethical and social pretensions of largely amoral Victorian characters. Thackʹer·ay·an adj. * * * … Universalium
THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE — novelist, born in Calcutta, educated at the Charterhouse and at Trinity College, Cambridge; after leaving college, which he did without taking a degree, travelled on the Continent, making long stays at Rome and Paris, and the dear little Saxon … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Thackeray, William Makepeace — (1811–1863) English novelist. thalassic. Pertaining to the sea … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Thackeray, William Makepeace — (1811 1863) Novelist, s. of Richmond T., who held various important appointments in the service of the East India Company, and who belonged to an old and respectable Yorkshire family, was b. at Calcutta, and soon after the death of his f.,… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
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William Makepeace Thackeray — Nom de naissance William Makepeace Thackeray Activités Romancier et essayiste Naissance … Wikipédia en Français
William Makepeace Thackeray — noun English writer (born in India) (1811 1863) • Syn: ↑Thackeray • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author * * * William Makepeace Thackeray [William Makepeace Thackeray] … Useful english dictionary
