Dickens and the workhouse : Oliver Twist and the London poor /

The recent discovery that as a young man Charles Dickens lived only a few doors from a major London workhouse made headlines worldwide, and the campaign to save the workhouse from demolition caught the public imagination. Internationally, the media immediately grasped the idea that Oliver Twist'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richardson, Ruth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Homes and haunts > England > London.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Settings.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870
Dickens, Charles > 1812-1870
1800-1899
Geschichte 1800-1900.
Workhouses > England > London > History > 19th century.
Poverty > History.
Ateliers prisons > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Pauvreté > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Homes
Poverty
Setting (Literature)
Social conditions
Workhouses
Armenhaus > Motiv
Soziale Situation > Motiv
London (England) > Social conditions > 19th century.
England > London
London (Motiv)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Oliver Twist and the Workhouse; 1. Discovery: Threat, Puzzle, Silences; 2. Vicinity: Environs of Gentility, Environs of Poverty; 3. Institutions: Hospital and Workhouse; 4. Home: House, Landlord, Shop, Inside, Upstairs, Downstairs; 5. Street: Looking Down and Around; 6. Calamity: Sheerness, Chatham, Camden Town, Marshalsea, Somers Town; 7. Young Dickens: Return to Norfolk Street, Young Professional, First Essays; 8. Workhouse: St Paul's Parish, Farming the Infant Poor, Paul Pry, Parliament.

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