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Charles Dickens and the Image of Women
David K. Holbrook
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Description for Charles Dickens and the Image of Women
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
How successful is Dickens in his portrayal of women? Dickens has been represented (along with William Blake and D.H. Lawrence) as one who championed the life of the emotions often associated with the "feminine." Yet some of his most important heroines are totally submissive and docile.
Dickens, of course, had to accept the conventions of his time. It is obvious, argues Holbrook, that Dickens idealized the father-daughter relationship, and indeed, any such relationship that was unsexual, like that of Tom Pinch and his sisterbut why? Why, for example, is the image of woman so often associated with death, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814735282
SKU
V9780814735282
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About David K. Holbrook
David Holbrook, one of Britain's most prolific writers and educationists, was educated at Downing College, Cambridge, England, where he became Director of English Studies 1981 to 1988. He is now Emeritus Fellow of the college. Holbrook has worked in adult education, as a school teacher, and in university work, as a teacher and Director of Studies in English. David Holbrook ... Read more
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