Readings on Charles Dickens / Clarice Swisher, book editor.
Material type: TextSeries: Greenhaven Press literary companion to British authorsPublication details: San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1998.Description: 191 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 1565105893 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1565105907 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- Charles Dickens
- 823/.8 21
- PR4588 .R36 1998
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 823.8 D548r | Available | 33111003324205 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Charles Dickens's characters are possibly the most memorable in all of literature -- Tiny Tim, Scrooge, David Copperfield, and Oliver Twist are as recognizable as any real historical personages. Essays include discussion of "A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist," and others.
"Works by Charles Dickens": p. 186.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185) and index.
Dickens as reformer and moralist / Joseph Gold -- Prison experiences in Dickens's novels / A.O.J. Cockshut -- Dickens's crusade for children / Arthur A. Adrian -- The transforming world in Dickens's novels / J. Hillis Miller -- Pickwick Papers reflects Dickens's developing talents / Philip Hobsbaum -- Fairy-tale form in A Christmas carol / Harry Stone -- Dickens's philosophy of Christmas / Louis Cazamian -- A Christmas carol criticizes England's economic system / Edgar Johnson -- Poverty in Oliver Twist / Humphry House -- The pattern of good and evil in Oliver Twist / Geoffrey Thurley --Structure and theme in David Copperfield / T.A. Jackson -- Mr. Micawber: a comic character in David Copperfield / J.B. Priestley -- Social criticism in Hard times / George Bernard Shaw -- Harsh truth in Hard times / G.K. Chesterton -- A tale of two cities: an appealing but flawed novel / John Gross -- Stylistic devices in A tale of two cities / Sylvère Monod -- Fantasy and reality in Great expectations / Paul Pickrel -- Multiple narratives in Great expectations / Nicola Bradbury -- Repetition in Great expectations / Douglas Brooks-Davies.