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Charles Dickens in Context.
This book illuminates the worlds - social, political, economic and artistic - in which Dickens lived and worked.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Literature in Context.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; CHARLES DICKENS IN CONTEXT; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Notes on references; PART I: Life and afterlife; CHAPTER 1: The life of Dickens 1: before Ellen Ternan; NOTES; CHAPTER 2: The life of Dickens 2: after Ellen Ternan; NOTES; CHAPTER 3: Dickens's lives; NOTES; CHAPTER 4: Victorian stage adaptations and novel appropriations; NOTES; CHAPTER 5: Reviewing Dickens in the Victorian periodical press; NOTES; CHAPTER 6: The European context; NOTES; CHAPTER 7: Major twentieth-century critical responses; NOTES.
- CHAPTER 8: Modern stage adaptationsCHAPTER 9: Modern screen adaptations; NOTES; CHAPTER 10: The heritage industry; NOTES; CHAPTER 11: Neo-Victorian Dickens; NOTES; PART II: Social and cultural contexts; CHAPTER 12: Popular culture; NOTES; CHAPTER 13: The rise of celebrity culture; NOTES; CHAPTER 14: The newspaper and periodical market; NOTES; CHAPTER 15: Authorship and the professional writer; NOTES; CHAPTER 16: The theatre; NOTES; CHAPTER 17: Melodrama; NOTES; CHAPTER 18: The Bildungsroman; NOTES; CHAPTER 19: Visual culture; NOTES; CHAPTER 20: The historical novel; NOTES.
- CHAPTER 21: The illustrated novelNOTES; CHAPTER 22: Christmas; NOTES; CHAPTER 23: Childhood; NOTES; CHAPTER 24: Work; NOTES; CHAPTER 25: Europe; NOTES; CHAPTER 26: The Victorians and America; NOTES; CHAPTER 27: Educating the Victorians; NOTES; CHAPTER 28: London; NOTES; CHAPTER 29: Politics; NOTES; CHAPTER 30: Political economy; NOTES; CHAPTER 31: The aristocracy; NOTES; CHAPTER 32: The middle classes; NOTES; CHAPTER 33: Urban migration and mobility; NOTES; CHAPTER 34: Financial markets and the banking system; NOTES; CHAPTER 35: Empires and colonies; NOTES; CHAPTER 36: Race; NOTES.
- CHAPTER 37: CrimeNOTES; CHAPTER 38: The law; NOTES; CHAPTER 39: Religion; NOTES; CHAPTER 40: Science; NOTES; CHAPTER 41: Transport; NOTES; CHAPTER 42: Illness, disease and social hygiene; NOTES; CHAPTER 43: Domesticity; NOTES; CHAPTER 44: Sexuality; NOTES; CHAPTER 45: Gender identities; NOTES; Further reading; LIVES OF DICKENS; VICTORIAN ADAPTATIONS; REVIEWS IN VICTORIAN PERIODICALS; THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT; MAJOR TWENTIETH-CENTURY CRITICAL RESPONSES; MODERN STAGE ADAPTATIONS; MODERN SCREEN ADAPTATIONS; THE HERITAGE INDUSTRY; NEO-VICTORIAN DICKENS; POPULAR CULTURE; THE RISE OF CELEBRITY CULTURE.
- THE NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL MARKETAUTHORSHIP AND THE PROFESSIONAL WRITER; THE THEATRE; MELODRAMA; THE BILDUNGSROMAN; VISUAL CULTURE; THE HISTORICAL NOVEL; THE ILLUSTRATED NOVEL; CHRISTMAS; CHILDHOOD; WORK; EUROPE; AMERICA; EDUCATION; LONDON; POLITICS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; THE ARISTOCRACY; THE MIDDLE CLASSES; URBAN MIGRATION AND MOBILITY; FINANCIAL MARKETS AND THE BANKING SYSTEM; EMPIRES AND COLONIES; RACE; CRIME; THE LAW; RELIGION; SCIENCE; TRANSPORT; ILLNESS, DISEASE AND SOCIAL HYGIENE; DOMESTICITY; SEXUALITY; GENDER IDENTITIES; Index.