| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 405 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library.
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| Summary |
"Charles Dickens, a man so representative of his age as to have become considered synonymous with it, demands to be read in context. This book illuminates the worlds - social, political, economic and artistic - in which Dickens worked. Dickens's professional life encompassed work as a novelist, journalist, editor, public reader and passionate advocate of social reform. This volume offers a detailed treatment of Dickens in each of these roles, exploring the central features of Dickens's age, work and legacy, and uncovering sometimes surprising faces of the man and of the range of Dickens industries. Through 45 digestible short chapters written by a leading expert on each topic, a rounded picture emerges of Dickens's engagement with his time, the influence of his works and the ways he has been read, adapted and re-imagined from the nineteenth century to the present"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I : Life and after life. The life of Dickens 1 : before Ellen Ternan / John Bowen -- Life of Dickens 2 : after Ellen Ternan / John Bowen -- Dickens's lives / Michael Slater -- Victorian stage adaptations and novel appropriations / Anne Humpherys -- Reviewing Dickens in the Victorian periodical press / John Drew -- European context / Michael Hollington -- Major twentieth-century critical responses / Toru Sasaki -- Modern stage adaptations / Tony Williams -- Modern screen adaptations / Toru Sasaki -- Heritage industry / Juliet John -- Neo-Victorian Dickens / Cora Kaplan -- Part II : Social and cultural contexts. Popular culture / Paul Schlicke -- Rise of celebrity culture / Joss Marsh -- Newspaper and periodical market / John Drew -- Authorship and the professional writer / Florian Schweizer -- Theatre / Marty Gould -- Melodrama / Juliet John -- Bildungsroman / Florian Schweizer -- Visual culture / Kate Flint -- Historical novel / Ian Duncan -- Illustrated novel / Mary Elizabeth Leighton and Lisa Surridge -- Christmas / Sally Ledger -- Childhood / Holly Furneaux -- Work / Martin Danahay -- Europe / Ruth Livesey -- Victorians and America / Ella Dzelzainis -- Educating the Victorians / Patrick Brantlinger -- London / Anne Humpherys -- Politics / Michael Sanders -- Political economy / Paul Young -- Aristocracy / Andrew Sanders -- Middle classes / Priti Joshi -- Urban migration and mobility / Josephine McDonagh -- Financial markets and the banking system / Francis O'Gorman -- Empires and colonies / Grace Moore -- Race / Priti Joshi -- Crime / Anne Schwan -- Law / Jan-Melissa Schramm -- Religion / Emma Mason -- Science / James Mussell -- Transport / Jonathan H. Grossman -- Illness, disease and social hygiene / Janis McLarren Caldwell -- Domesticity / Catherine Waters -- Sexuality / Holly Furneaux -- Gender identities / Catherine Waters. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Ledger, Sally.
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Furneaux, Holly.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Charles Dickens in context. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9780521887007 (DLC) 2011006726 (OCoLC)701022115 |
| ISBN |
9781139077026 (electronic book) |
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1139077023 (electronic book) |
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9781139136198 (electronic book) |
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1139136194 (electronic book) |
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9780511975493 (electronic book) |
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051197549X (electronic book) |
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9780521887007 |
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0521887003 |
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9781139079303 |
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