A Companion to Charles Dickens

A Companion to Charles Dickens
ISBN-10
0470691220
ISBN-13
9780470691229
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
536
Language
English
Published
2008-04-15
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
David Paroissien

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

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