Dickens and creativity / Barbara Hardy.
| Author/creator | Hardy, Barbara |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Continuum, ©2008. |
| Description | xvi, 181 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A career and its context -- Dickens discusses creativity -- The awareness of art in Sketches by Boz, Pickwick papers, Oliver Twist, Barnaby Rudge, The Old Curiosity Shop, A Christmas carol and The chimes -- The artist as narrator in Doctor Marigold, David Copperfield, Bleak House and Great expectations -- Talkative men and women in Pickwick papers, Nicholas Nickleby, Martin Chuzzlewit and Little Dorrit -- Imaginative extremes, negations and norms -- Subversions and oppositions -- Crises of imagination in Oliver Twist, A Christmas carol, Domeby and son, Bleak house, Hard times and The lazy tour of two idle apprentices -- Forecast and fantasy in Little Dorrit -- Creative conversation in Hard times, Great expectations and Our mutual friend -- Assertions of style : rhythm and repetition in A tale of two cities and Our mutual friend -- Shakespeare in Dickens : David Copperfield and Great expectations -- Dickens in the twentieth century. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-177) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008026928 |
| ISBN | 9780826495266 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0826495265 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781847064592 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1847064590 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR 4588 .H283 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |