In his introductory essay Flamm describes the reception of Thackeray's work, identifies the principal critical attitudes that were applied to his writing, evaluates the basis for those attitudes, and provides a frame of reference for the items in the bibliography. He also suggests some helpful guidelines for the use of the bibliographic materials.

Originally published in 1967.

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