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Charles Dickens's A tale of two cities : a sourcebook / edited by Ruth Glancy.
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- Book
- Series:
- Routledge guides to literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Tale of two cities.
- Dickens, Charles.
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Literature and the revolution.
- France.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
- Contents:
- 1 Contexts
- Overview of the French Revolution, 1789-93 7
- Dickens's Sources for his Portrayal of the French Revolution 12
- The French Revolution and England 13
- The Frozen Deep and Other Biographical Influences 14
- The French Revolution in Literature 17
- Prisons and Prisoners 18
- Contemporary Documents 30
- From Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions (1781-8) 30
- From Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution (1837) 31
- From Charles Dickens, "Philadelphia, and its Solitary Prison" (1842) 37
- From [Charles Dickens], "Judicial Special Pleading" (1848) 39
- From [Charles Dickens], "Where We Stopped Growing" (1853) 41
- From Charles Dickens' Book of Memoranda (1855-c.1866) 42
- From Wilkie Collins, The Frozen Deep (1857) 44
- From Percy Fitzgerald, "The Eve of a Revolution" (1858) 45
- From Charles Dickens, The Letters of Charles Dickens, (5 June 1860) 48
- 2 Interpretations
- Critical History 53
- Early Critical Reception 60
- From Anonymous, "Charles Dickens's New York. A Tale of Two Cities" (1859) 60
- From Anonymous, "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859) 61
- From [Sir James Fitzjames Stephen], "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859) 62
- From Anonymous, "A Tale of Two Cities" (1860) 65
- From John Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens (1872-4) 66
- Modern Criticism 68
- From George Orwell, "Charles Dickens" (1940) 68
- From Taylor Stoehr, Dickens: The Dreamer's Stance (1965) 70
- From Ana Laura Zambrano, "Charles Dickens and Sergei Eisenstein: The Emergence of Cinema" (1975) 76
- From John P. McWilliams, Jr., "Progress without Politics: A Tale of Two Cities" (1977) 79
- From Albert Hutter, "Nation and Generation in A Tale of Two Cities" (1978) 83
- From Garrett Stewart, Death Sentences. Styles of Dying in British Fiction (1984) 87
- From Chris Brooks, Signs for the Times (1984) 90
- From Cates Baldridge, "Alternatives to Bourgeois Individualism in A Tale of Two Cities" (1990) 93
- From Lisa Robson, "The 'Angels' in Dickens's House: Representation of Women in A Tale of Two Cities" (1992) 97
- The Novel in Performance 102
- From Juliet Benita Colman, Ronald Colman: A Very Private Person (1975) 104
- From Arthur Hopcraft, "The Spirit of Revolution" (1989) 106
- 3 Key Passages
- Note on the Key Passages 111
- A Note on the Text 111
- Synopsis of the Plot 111
- Chronology of the Novel and the French Revolution 114
- Key Passages 115
- Book I, Chapter 1, "The Period" 116
- Book I, Chapter 2, "The Mail" 120
- Book I, Chapter 3, "The Night Shadows" 121
- Book I, Chapter 5, "The Wine-Shop" 124
- Book II, Chapter 3, "A Disappointment" 126
- Book II, Chapter 6, "Hundreds of People" 128
- Book II, Chapter 7, "Monsieur the Marquis in Town" 131
- Book II, Chapter 9, "The Gorgon's Head" 134
- Book II, Chapter 19, "An Opinion" 137
- Book II, Chapter 21, "Echoing Footsteps" 139
- Book II, Chapter 22, "The Sea Still Rises" 144
- Book II, Chapter 23, "Fire Rises" 146
- Book III, Chapter 2, "The Grindstone" 148
- Book III, Chapter 9, "The Game Made" 149
- Book III, Chapter 13, "Fifty-two" 151
- Book III, Chapter 14, "The Knitting Done" 157
- Book III, Chapter 15, "The Footsteps Die Out For Ever" 160
- Recommended Editions of A Tale of Two Cities 167
- Recommended Book-Length Studies Related to A Tale of Two Cities 168
- Collected Essays on A Tale of Two Cities 168
- Recommended Reading for the French Revolution 169
- Selected Criticism 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415287596
- 041528760X
- OCLC:
- 61247182
- Publisher Number:
- 9780415287593 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780415287593 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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