The Dickens industry : critical perspectives 1836-2005 /

Undoubtedly the best-selling author of his day and well loved by readers in succeeding generations, Charles Dickens was not always a favorite among critics. Celebrated for his novels advocating social reform, for half a century after his death he was ridiculed by those academics who condescended to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mazzeno, Laurence W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2008.
Series:Literary criticism in perspective.
Subjects:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Criticism and interpretation > History.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870
Dickens, Charles.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Literaturkritik
Rezeption
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Dickens phenomenon (1836-1870)
  • The birth of the Dickens industry and the reaction against Victorianism (1870-1914)
  • Dickens among the moderns (1915-1940)
  • The tide turns (1940-1959)
  • Dickens and mainstream academic criticism (1960-1969)
  • The Dickens centenary and after (1970-1979)
  • Dickens in an age of theory I : new theories, new readings (1980-2000)
  • Dickens in an age of theory II : the persistence of traditional criticism (1980-2000)
  • The future of Dickens studies : trends in the twenty-first century
  • Major works by Charles Dickens
  • Chronological list of works cited.

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