Charles Dickens : Hard Times/Bleak House /

"Dickens was an unprecedented phenomenon in his lifetime, drawing crowds of thousands to his professional readings in Britain and America, provoking demonstrations of public grief when his child-characters died, and developing increasing celebrity as his novels unfolded in weekly or monthly epi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marsh, Nicholas
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Series:Analysing texts
Subjects:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870. > Bleak House.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870. > Hard times.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Table of Contents:
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  • General Editor's Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART I: ANALYSING 'HARD TIMES' AND 'BLEAK HOUSE'
  • 1. Facts and Fog: Opening Salvos
  • 2. Characterisation (1): from Grotesques to Intimates
  • 3. Characterisation (2): Women
  • 4. Morality and Society
  • 5. Rhetoric, Imagery and Symbol
  • 6. Summative Discussion and Conclusions to Part I
  • PART II: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICS
  • 7. Charles Dickens's Life and Works
  • 8. The Place of Hard Times and Bleak House in English Literature
  • 9. A Sample of Critical Views
  • Further Reading
  • Index.

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