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A companion to Charles Dick...
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 m
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monografia Rebiun21441551 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun21441551 m o d | cr#-n--------- 070520s2008 maua obf 001 0 eng 2007019690 0-470-69190-5 1-78268-437-9 1-281-31814-0 9786611318147 1-4051-7752-7 0-470-69122-0 UPVA 997911046503706 CBUC 991001007377206712 CBUC 991010358300706709 CBUC 991010358300706709 UPSA ELB179009 UFV0709540 MiAaPQ MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng 823/.8 A companion to Charles Dickens electronic resource] edited by David Paroissien Malden, MA Blackwell Pub. c2008 Malden, MA Malden, MA Blackwell Pub. 1 online resource (535 p.) 1 online resource (535 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr Blackwell companions to literature and culture 51 Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references and index A sketch of the life / Michael Allen -- Dickens's use of the autobiographical fragment / Nicola Bradbury -- "Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens" : the epistolary art of the inimitable / David Paroissien -- Three major biographies / Catherine Peters -- The 18th-century legacy / D. Monika Fludernik -- Dickens and the gothic / Robert Mighall -- Illustrations / Malcolm Andrews -- The language of Dickens / Patricia Ingham -- The novels and popular culture / Juliet John -- Dickens as a reformer / Hugh Cunningham -- Dickens's evolution as a journalist / John Drew -- Dickens and gender / Natalie McKnight -- Dickens and technology / Trey Philpotts -- Dickens and America (1842) / Nancy Aycock Metz -- Dickens, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, and the Jamaican Rebellion / Leslie. G. Mitchell -- Dickens and the uses of history / John Gardiner -- Dickens as a Christian / Valentine Cunningham -- Dickens and the law / Jan-Melissa Schramm -- The Pickwick papers / David Parker -- Oliver Twist / Brian Cheadle -- Nicholas Nickleby / Stanley Friedman -- The old curiosity shop / Gillian Ballinger -- Barnaby Rudge / John Mee -- Martin Chuzzlewit / Goldie Morgentaler -- Dombey and Son / Brigid Lowe -- David Copperfield / Gareth Cordery -- Bleak house / Robert Tracy -- Hard times / Anne Humphreys -- Little Dorrit / Philip Davis -- A tale of two cities / Paul Davis -- Great expectations / Andrew L. Sanders -- Our mutual friend / Leon Litvack -- The mystery of Edwin Drood / Simon J. James -- Dickens and the literary culture of the period / Michael Hollington -- Dickens and criticism / Lyn Pikett -- Casting long shadows / John O. Jordan 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 m English Dickens, Charles 1812-1870)- Criticism and interpretation-- Handbooks, manuals, etc Electronic books Paroissien, David 0-470-65794-4 1-4051-3097-0 Blackwell companions to literature and culture 51