A Companion to Charles Dickens

A Companion to Charles Dickens 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...

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Main Author Paroissien, David
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Newark John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated 2008
Edition1
Subjects
1812-1870
Criticism and interpretation
Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)
English literature
Fiction
Handbooks, manuals, etc
James, Henry (1843-1916)
Literary criticism
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
Novels
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Summary:A Companion to Charles Dickens 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
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ISBN:9780470657942
0470657944
0470691220
9780470691229
DOI:10.1604/9780470691229