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A Companion to Charles Dickens
Contributor(s): Paroissien, David (Editor)
ISBN: 0470657944     ISBN-13: 9780470657942
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $52.20  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 823.8
LCCN: 2007019690
Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture (Paperback)
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.7" W x 9.6" (2.05 lbs) 544 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher 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