| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture |
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Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.
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| Contents |
1. Charles Dickens and Metropolitan Improvements -- 2. Sets and the City: Staging London and Oliver Twist -- 3. Dickensian Afterlives and the Demolition of Field Lane -- 4. Paperwork and Philanthropy: Dickens's Involvement in Metropolitan Improvement -- 5. From Sanitary Reform to Cultural Memory: The Case of Jacob's Island |
| Summary |
Dickens and Demolition examines how tropes, characters, or extracts from Dickens' fiction were repurposed as a portable terminology in arguments for large-scale demolition and redevelopment projects in London during his lifetime |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 24, 2018) |
| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 fast |
| Subject |
Urbanization -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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City planning -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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City planning
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Urbanization
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474420990 |
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1474420990 |
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9781474421003 |
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1474421008 |
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