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Dickens scholar Jerome Meckier's acclaimed Hidden Rivalries in Victorian Fiction examined fierce literary competition between leading novelists who tried to establish their credentials as realists by rewriting Dickens's novels. Here, Meckier argues that in Great Expectations, Dickens not o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meckier, Jerome
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870.
Cinderella > (Legendary character)
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Contemporaries.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Knowledge > Folklore.
Morell, Charles, > Sir, > 1736-1765. > Tales of the genii.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870. > Great expectations.
Great expectations (Dickens, Charles)
Tragicomedy.
Tales.
Parody.
English literature > Arab influences.
English fiction.
Contemporaries.
Cinderella (Tale)
Folklore.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Parodie.
Tragicomedie > Histoire et critique.
Cendrillon (Conte) > Histoire et critique.
Contes > États arabes > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Tragicomedy > History and criticism.
Cinderella (Tale) > History and criticism.
Tales > Arab countries > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Arab countries.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Dickens scholar Jerome Meckier's acclaimed Hidden Rivalries in Victorian Fiction examined fierce literary competition between leading novelists who tried to establish their credentials as realists by rewriting Dickens's novels. Here, Meckier argues that in Great Expectations, Dickens not only updated David Copperfield but also rewrote novels by Lever, Thackeray, Collins, Shelley, and Charlotte and Emily Brontë. He periodically revised his competitors' themes, characters, and incidents to discredit their novels as unrealistic fairy tales imbued with Cinderella motifs. Dickens darkened his fa.
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages).
ISBN:9780813159140

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