Dickens's clowns : Charles Dickens, Joseph Grimaldi and the pantomime of life /

This book reappraises Dickens's Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi and his imaginative engagement with its principal protagonist.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buckmaster, Jonathan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.
Temas:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Criticism and interpretation.
Grimaldi, Joseph, > 1779-1837. > Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Characters > Clowns.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Clowns in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Part I: Dickens, Grimaldi and the Pantomime Clown
  • Chapter 2 Pantomime and Pantomime Clowning
  • Chapter 3 Dickens at the Pantomime
  • Part II: Dickens and the Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
  • Chapter 4 The Memoirs as Nineteenth-Century Biography
  • Chapter 5 George Cruikshank as Co-Biographer of the Memoirs
  • Part III: The Clown at Large
  • Chapter 6 The Gluttonous Clown
  • Chapter 7 The Slapstick Clown
  • Chapter 8 The Clothed Clown
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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