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Innocent Abroad : Charles Dickens's American Engagements /

In 1842, Victorian England's foremost novelist visited America, naively expecting both a return to Eden and an ideal republic that would demonstrate progress as a natural law. Instead, Charles Dickens suffered a traumatic disappointment that darkened his vision of society and human nature for t...

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Autor principal: Meckier, Jerome
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1990.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations ; 1. Dickens Discovers Dickens; 2. The Newspaper Conspiracy of 1842; 3. The Battle of the Travel Books ; 4. An Ironic Second Coming ; 5. Health and Money; 6. Last Words; Notes ; Index ; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.