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The grotesque in the fiction of Charles Dickens and other 19th-century European novelists /
This book provides an overview of the literary grotesque in 19th-century Europe, with special emphasis on Charles Dickens, whose use of this complex aesthetic category is thus addressed in relation with other 19th-century European writers. The crossing of geographical boundaries allows an in-depth s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book provides an overview of the literary grotesque in 19th-century Europe, with special emphasis on Charles Dickens, whose use of this complex aesthetic category is thus addressed in relation with other 19th-century European writers. The crossing of geographical boundaries allows an in-depth study of the different modes of the grotesque found in 19th-century fiction. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the reasons behind the extensive use of such a favoured mode of expression. Intertextuality and comparative or cultural analysis are thus used here to shed new light on Dickens's influ. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443874052 1443874051 |