A companion to Charles Dickens /edited by David Paroissien.
General Material Designation
[Book]
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Malden, MA
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Blackwell Pub.
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 515 p.
Other Physical Details
:ill.
Dimensions
;26 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
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English
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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A sketch of the life / Michael Allen -- Dickens's use of the autobiographical fragment / Nicola Bradbury -- "Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens" : the epistolary art of the inimitable / David Paroissien -- Three major biographies / Catherine Peters -- The 18th-century legacy / D. Monika Fludernik -- Dickens and the gothic / Robert Mighall -- Illustrations / Malcolm Andrews -- The language of Dickens / Patricia Ingham -- The novels and popular culture / Juliet John -- Dickens as a reformer / Hugh Cunningham -- Dickens's evolution as a journalist / John Drew -- Dickens and gender / Natalie McKnight -- Dickens and technology / Trey Philpotts -- Dickens and America (1842) / Nancy Aycock Metz -- Dickens, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, and the Jamaican Rebellion / Leslie. G. Mitchell -- Dickens and the uses of history / John Gardiner -- Dickens as a Christian / Valentine Cunningham -- Dickens and the law / Jan-Melissa Schramm -- The Pickwick papers / David Parker -- Oliver Twist / Brian Cheadle -- Nicholas Nickleby / Stanley Friedman -- The old curiosity shop / Gillian Ballinger -- Barnaby Rudge / John Mee -- Martin Chuzzlewit / Goldie Morgentaler -- Dombey and Son / Brigid Lowe -- David Copperfield / Gareth Cordery -- Bleak house / Robert Tracy -- Hard times / Anne Humphreys -- Little Dorrit / Philip Davis -- A tale of two cities / Paul Davis -- Great expectations / Andrew L. Sanders -- Our mutual friend / Leon Litvack -- The mystery of Edwin Drood / Simon J. James -- Dickens