Charles Dickens

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-8964-7
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 199 mm, Gewicht: 200 g

Reihe: Writers Lives

short, readable introduction to Dickens that focuses equally on his life and works

Quick to read, lively, stylish and affordable
- A large proportion of Dickens's huge literary output is widely studied all around the world and his works remain popular

SERIES DESCRIPTION
Concise, accessible introductions to major writers focusing equally on their life and works. Written in a lively style to appeal to both students and readers, books in the series are ideal guides to authors and their writing.

Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. The most widely read author of his own generation, his works remain incredibly popular and important today. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, his texts convey perhaps better than any others the drive for wealth and progress and the social contrasts that characterised the Victorian era. His works are widely studied throughout the world both as literary masterpieces and as classic examples of the nineteenth century novel. Donald Hawes book will provide a short, lively but sophisticated introduction to Dickens's work and the personal and social context in which it was written.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hawes, Donald

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Why read Dickens?
2. Dickens's life - a brief biography
A Guide to the Texts: Sketches by Boz, Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist
3. Society in fact and fiction
Nicholas Nickleby, Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge
4. Institutions in fact and fiction
Martin Chuzzlewit, A Christmas Carol, Dombey and Son
5. Dickens's Illustrators
David Copperfield, Bleak House
6. Families and relationships in fact and fiction
Hard Times, Little Dorrit
7. Jokers and Knaves: Dickens's comic characters and villains
Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations
8. Art and entertainment
Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
9. Adaptations
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Donald Hawes has taught on Dickens for many years, both in schools and universities, including the University of Westminster and the Open University in the UK. His previous works include Who's Who in Dickens (Routledge) and editing the Everyman edition of Barnaby Rudge.