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Supposing Bleak House / John O. Jordan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jordan, John O.
- Series:
- Victorian literature and culture series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Bleak House.
- Dickens, Charles.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Jordan (literature, U. of California, Santa Cruz) offers a consideration of Dickens's novel from a number of critical perspectives. He explores the complex use of voice in Esther's narrative, highlighting the often overlapping tenses in the first person account of her various past experiences; considers the counter-narrative represented by Hablot K. Browne's accompanying illustrations; applies a psychoanalytical lens to the text; and reflects on the many endings, resolutions, expirations, and closings represented throughout the novel. He also outlines a number of influences on the narrative from Dickens's own life, and the potential reading of it as a social allegory of the state of Victorian England. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813930749
- 081393074X
- 9780813930923
- 0813930928
- OCLC:
- 633142213
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