A Companion to Charles Dickens, PDF eBook

A Companion to Charles Dickens PDF

Edited by David Paroissien

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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

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