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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Meckier, Jerome
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2002.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (296 pages).
ISBN:9780813159140

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