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Circle of fire : Dickens' vision & style & the popular Victorian theater /

This study explores the theater actually known and frequented by Dickens in order to show in terms of concrete structural analysis of his novels the nature of the predominantly ""dramatic"" or ""theatrical"" quality of his genius. Author William F. Axton finds...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Axton, William F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015], ©1966.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; PREFACE; CONTENTS ; BOOK ONE: Dickens and the Theater; Chapter One: THE WRITER AS ACTOR; Chapter Two: MODES OF THE POPULAR VICTORIAN THEATER; BOOK TWO: Dickens' Theatrical Vision; Chapter Three: SKETCHES BY BOZ AND THE THEATRUM MUNDI; Chapter Four: PICKWICK PAPERS AND THE THEATRUM MUNDI; Chapter Five: OLIVER TWIST AND GROTESQUERIE; Chapter Six: GREAT EXPECTATIONS AND BURLESQUE FORM; BOOK THREE: Dickens' Theatrical Style; Chapter Seven: INTRODUCTORY; Chapter Eight: GROTESQUE SCENE; Chapter Nine: BURLESQUE PEOPLE; Chapter Ten: MELODRAMATIC NARRATIVE. 
505 8 |a APPENDIX A: An Evening at a Victorian PlayhouseAPPENDIX B: The News of Nemo's Death Reaches Cook's Court; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z. 
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