Innocent Abroad : Charles Dickens's American Engagements /

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In 1842, Victorian England's foremost novelist visited America, naively expecting both a return to Eden and an ideal republic that would demonstrate progress as a natural law. Instead, Charles Dickens suffered a traumatic disappointment that darkened his vision of society and human nature for t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meckier, Jerome
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1990.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dickens, Charles.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Travel > United States.
Reise
Travel.
Novelists, English.
British.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Novelists, English > 19th century > Biography.
British > United States > History > 19th century.
USA.
United States.
États-Unis > Descriptions et voyages.
United States > Description and travel.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations ; 1. Dickens Discovers Dickens; 2. The Newspaper Conspiracy of 1842; 3. The Battle of the Travel Books ; 4. An Ironic Second Coming ; 5. Health and Money; 6. Last Words; Notes ; Index ; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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