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A Companion to Charles Dickens
David Paroissien
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Description for A Companion to Charles Dickens
Paperback. Now in paperback , A Companion to Charles Dickens concentrates on the historical, ideological, and social forces that defined Dickens's world. This work traces the development of Dickens's career as a journalist and novelist and includes original essays by leading Dickensian scholars on each of Dickens's fifteen novels. Editor(s): Paroissien, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 536 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 932.
A Companion to Charles Dickens concentrates on the historical, ideological, and social forces that defined Dickens’s world.
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
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780470657942
SKU
V9780470657942
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About David Paroissien
David Paroissien is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham. He edits Dickens Quarterly and co-edits, with Susan Shatto, the Dickens Companions series. He is the author of The Companion to Oliver Twist (1992), The Companion to Great Expectations (2000), and has edited The Mystery of Edwin Drood ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to Charles Dickens
“Pykett’s chapter is preceded by a rewarding chapter on the literary culture of the day by Michael Hollington and followed by the final essay on ‘Postcolonial Dickens’. As if to insist that any competition in the Dickens Companion industry is essentially good-natured, John O. Jordan has contributed this, rather wonderful, last word to close the book.” (Oxford Journal Clippings, 1 ... Read more