The Year in Dickens
A Critical Narrative Survey of Scholarship on Charles Dickens -2010
Nancy Aycock Metz(Author)
AMS Press
Published on 30. June 2014
Book
Hardback
277 pages
978-0-404-64486-4 (ISBN)
Description
Surveying the full spectrum of scholarship on Dickens published in 2010, this volume captures the encyclopedic range of methods, subjects, and theoretical approaches currently being applied to Dickens's biography, letters, journalism, novels, and ephemera in articles, books, and adaptations.
The year 2010 was a big one for Dickens scholarship, producing a quantity of research worthy of a volume-length review, while contributing discoveries and arguments certain to possess enduring value in our continuing conversations about Dickens's literary legacies.
Contents - Introduction
- Scope and Structure of Survey
- Biography, History, and Reference
- Dickens the Writer/Dickens and His Readers
- Sources, Influences, Intertextual Engagements
- Language, Style, Narrative, Genre
- Gender, Domesticity, Children, and Education
- Social Class, Economics, Politics, and the Law
- Urban and Cosmopolitan Contexts
- Science, Technology, and the Arts
- Ethical, Philosophical, and Religious Approaches
- Dickens and Adaptation
- Conclusion
- Note
- Works Cited
- Index
The year 2010 was a big one for Dickens scholarship, producing a quantity of research worthy of a volume-length review, while contributing discoveries and arguments certain to possess enduring value in our continuing conversations about Dickens's literary legacies.
Contents - Introduction
- Scope and Structure of Survey
- Biography, History, and Reference
- Dickens the Writer/Dickens and His Readers
- Sources, Influences, Intertextual Engagements
- Language, Style, Narrative, Genre
- Gender, Domesticity, Children, and Education
- Social Class, Economics, Politics, and the Law
- Urban and Cosmopolitan Contexts
- Science, Technology, and the Arts
- Ethical, Philosophical, and Religious Approaches
- Dickens and Adaptation
- Conclusion
- Note
- Works Cited
- Index
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-404-64486-4 (9780404644864)
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