A companion to Charles Dickens / edited by David Paroissien.
| Other author | Paroissien, David. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, |
| Description | xv, 515 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 51 |
| Contents | A sketch of the life / Michael Allen -- Dickens's use of the autobiographical fragment / Nicola Bradbury -- "Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens" : the epistolary art of the inimitable / David Paroissien -- Three major biographies / Catherine Peters -- The eighteenth-century legacy / Monika Fludernik -- Dickens and the gothic / Robert Mighall -- Illustrations / Malcolm Andrews -- The language of Dickens / Patricia Ingham -- The novels and popular culture / Juliet John -- Dickens as a reformer / Hugh Cunningham -- Dickens's evolution as a journalist / John M.L. Drew -- Dickens and gender / Natalie McKnight -- Dickens and technology / Trey Philpotts -- Dickens and America (1842) / Nancy Aycock Metz -- Dickens and government ineptitude abroad, 1854-1865 / Leslie Mitchell -- Dickens and the uses of history / John Gardiner -- Dickens and Christianity / Valentine Cunningham -- Dickens and the law / Jan-Melissa Schramm -- The Pickwick papers / David Parker -- Oliver Twist / Brian Cheadle -- Nicholas Nickleby / Stanley Friedman -- The old curiosity shop / Gill Ballinger -- Barnaby Rudge / Jon Mee -- Martin Chuzzlewit / Goldie Morgentaler -- Dombey and Son / Brigid Lowe -- David Copperfield / Gareth Cordery -- Bleak house / Robert Tracy -- Hard times / Anne Humpherys -- Little Dorrit / Philip Davis -- A tale of two cities / Paul Davis -- Great expectations / Andrew Sanders -- Our mutual friend / Leon Litvack -- The mystery of Edwin Drood / Simon J. James -- Dickens and the literary culture of the period / Michael Hollington -- Dickens and criticism / Lyn Pykett -- Postcolonial Dickens / John O. Jordan. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011456093 |
| ISBN | 9780470657942 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0470657944 (pbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |