Charles Dickens / Andrew Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanders, Andrew, 1946-

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press). Authors in context

Oxford world's classics. Authors in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Criticism and interpretation.

Dickens, Charles.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Knowledge and learning--London (England).

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Criticism and interpretation.

Great Britain.

History.

Literature and history--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and history.

City and town life in literature.

London (England)--History--1800-1950.

London (England).

London (England)--In literature.

Physical Description:

xxi, 234 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Charles Dickens was both a representative Victorian and an artist who is quintessentially a 'Post-Romantic'. He was the most popular author of his age and the one who most vividly reflected the contradictory impulses of Victorian society, its energy and invention as much as its social and political anomalies. Andrew Sanders explores Dickens's interest in the urban phenomenon which so marks nineteenth-century culture, and looks at the vital interconnection between his life and his art. Like his character, David Copperfield, Dickens lived his life and pursued his career 'thoroughly in earnest', but he was also a great comic writer whose work resonates well beyond his own age and continues to be recontextualized on the stage, on film, and on television.

The book includes a chronology of Dickens's life and times, suggestions for further reading, websites, illustrations, and a comprehensive index

Contents:

1. Dickens's Life 1

2. 'These Times of Ours': Dickens, Politics, and Society 44

3. The Literary Context 81

4. Urban Society: London and Class 114

5. Utilitarianism, Religion, and History 136

6. Science and Technology 156

7. Recontextualizing Dickens 176

Film and Television Adaptations of Dickens's Novels 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-[223]) and index.

ISBN:

0192840487

OCLC:

50518591