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ISBN: 9780470657942
Year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 534
Description:
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
ISBN: 9780470657942
Year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 534
Description:
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