Devonshire, M. G. The English Novel in France:
1830-1870 (New York: Octagon Books, 1967).
Devonshire discusses the reception of Alton Locke, Yeast, Westward
Ho!, and Two Years Ago in France during the third quarter of
the nineteenth century and provides short extracts from some of the reviews.
The French, declares Devonshire, did indeed praise Kingsley for the literary
value of the novels, though they objected to the excessive sermonizing.
However, the main interest of the French lay in the novels’ social, political,
and historical background and their attitude to reform rather than in the
actual stories.
France,
Critical Reception in; Alton
Locke; Yeast;
Westward
Ho!; Two
Years Ago. |
