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A Companion to Charles Dickens, Paperback / softback Book

A Companion to Charles Dickens Paperback / softback

Edited by David (University of Massachusetts, USA) Paroissien

Part of the Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture series

Paperback / softback

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A Companion to Charles Dickens concentrates on the historical, ideological, and social forces that defined Dickens's world. Puts Dickens's work into its literary, historical, and social contextsTraces the development of Dickens's career as a journalist and novelistIncludes original essays by leading Dickensian scholars on each of Dickens's fifteen novelsExplores a broad range of topics, including criticisms of his novels, the use of history and law in his fiction, language, and the effect of political and social reformExamines Dickens's legacy and surveys the mass of secondary materials that has been generated in response and reverence to his writing

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