Dickens at Work (RLE Dickens)
1st Edition
Published on 16. October 2013
256 pages
978-1-134-54406-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book marks a new departure in the study of Dickens. The authors make use of first-hand evidence of Dickens' actual methods and conditions of work; much of this evidence is examined and co-ordinated here for the first time. It includes Dickens' detailed manuscript notes for novels, with a complete transcript of these for every instalment and chapter of David Copperfield. Seven other books are chosen, so that the different stages of his career and different kinds of work are well represented. The volume illustrates what modes of planning Dickens evolved as best suited to his genius and to the demands of serial publication, monthly or weekly; how he responded to the events of the day; and how he yet managed to combine the freshness of this "periodical", almost journalistic approach with the art of the novel.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
3,41 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-54406-6 (9781134544066)
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Other editions
Additional editions
John Butt | Kathleen Tillotson
Dickens at Work (RLE Dickens)
Routledge Library Editions: Charles Dickens Volume 1
Book
11/2009
1st Edition
Routledge
€71.40
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John Butt | Kathleen Tillotson
Dickens at Work (RLE Dickens)
Routledge Library Editions: Charles Dickens Volume 1
Book
12/2008
1st Edition
Routledge
€267.41
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
John Butt, Kathleen Tillotson
Content
1. Dickens as a Serial Novelist 2. Sketches by Boz: Collection and Revision 3. From Sketches to Novel: Pickwick Papers 4. Barnaby Rudge: The First Projected Novel 5. Dombey and Son: Design and Execution 6. David Copperfield Month by Month 7. The Topicality of Bleak House 8. Hard Times: The Problems of a Weekly Serial 9. From "Nobody's Fault" to Little Dorrit
