| Charles Dickens: A Literary Life 1996 Edition Contributor(s): Smith, Grahame (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333557190 ISBN-13: 9780333557198 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: This study of Dickens's career as a professional writer uses a range of material to describe and analyze the ways in which his work can be seen as a form of literary production. It thus offers a challenge to traditional accounts which stress the private nature of Dickens's genius. Smith focuses on the communal nature of Dickens's achievement in his struggles with publishers, the expectations of a vast public, and the demands of serialization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 95031652 |
| Series: Literary Lives (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.5" W x 8.68" (0.69 lbs) 190 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study of Dickens's career as a professional writer uses a range of material to describe and analyze the ways in which his work can be seen as a form of literary production. It thus offers a challenge to traditional accounts which stress the private nature of Dickens's genius. Smith focuses on the communal nature of Dickens's achievement in his struggles with publishers, the expectations of a vast public, and the demands of serialization. |