| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 515 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 51 |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 51
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| Contents |
A sketch of the life / Michael Allen -- Dickens's use of the autobiographical fragment / Nicola Bradbury -- "Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens" : the epistolary art of the inimitable / David Paroissien -- Three major biographies / Catherine Peters -- The 18th-century legacy / D. Monika Fludernik -- Dickens and the gothic / Robert Mighall -- Illustrations / Malcolm Andrews -- The language of Dickens / Patricia Ingham -- The novels and popular culture / Juliet John -- Dickens as a reformer / Hugh Cunningham -- Dickens's evolution as a journalist / John Drew -- Dickens and gender / Natalie McKnight -- Dickens and technology / Trey Philpotts -- Dickens and America (1842) / Nancy Aycock Metz -- Dickens, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, and the Jamaican Rebellion / Leslie. G. Mitchell -- Dickens and the uses of history / John Gardiner -- Dickens as a Christian / Valentine Cunningham -- Dickens and the law / Jan-Melissa Schramm -- The Pickwick papers / David Parker -- Oliver Twist / Brian Cheadle -- Nicholas Nickleby / Stanley Friedman -- The old curiosity shop / Gillian Ballinger -- Barnaby Rudge / John Mee -- Martin Chuzzlewit / Goldie Morgentaler -- Dombey and Son / Brigid Lowe -- David Copperfield / Gareth Cordery -- Bleak house / Robert Tracy -- Hard times / Anne Humphreys -- Little Dorrit / Philip Davis -- A tale of two cities / Paul Davis -- Great expectations / Andrew L. Sanders -- Our mutual friend / Leon Litvack -- The mystery of Edwin Drood / Simon J. James -- Dickens and the literary culture of the period / Michael Hollington -- Dickens and criticism / Lyn Pikett -- Casting long shadows / John O. Jordan |
| Summary |
Concentrates on the historical, ideological, and social forces that defined Dickens's world. Puts Dickens's work into its literary, historical, and social contexts - Traces the development of Dickens's career as a journalist and novelist - Includes original essays by leading Dickensian scholars on each of Dickens's fifteen novels - Explores a broad range of topics, including criticisms of his novels, the use of history and law in his fiction, language, and the effect of political and social reform - Examines Dickens's legacy and surveys the mass of secondary materials that has been generated in response and reverence to his writing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Paroissien, David.
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Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| LC no. |
2007019690 |
| ISBN |
0470691220 |
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0470691905 |
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1405177527 |
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9780470691229 |
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9780470691908 |
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9781405177528 |
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(alk. paper) |
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(alk. paper) |
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