| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture |
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Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I: Dickens, Grimaldi and the Pantomime Clown -- Chapter 2 Pantomime and Pantomime Clowning -- Chapter 3 Dickens at the Pantomime -- Part II: Dickens and the Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi -- Chapter 4 The Memoirs as Nineteenth-Century Biography -- Chapter 5 George Cruikshank as Co-Biographer of the Memoirs -- Part III: The Clown at Large -- Chapter 6 The Gluttonous Clown -- Chapter 7 The Slapstick Clown -- Chapter 8 The Clothed Clown -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This book reappraises Dickens's Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi and his imaginative engagement with its principal protagonist |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 23, 2020) |
| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Characters -- Clowns
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| SUBJECT |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 fast |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
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Clowns in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474406963 |
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1474406963 |
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1474406955 |
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9781474406956 |
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9781474406970 |
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1474406971 |
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