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Charles Dickens's American audience / Robert McParland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McParland, Robert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books and reading--United States--History--19th century.
- Books and reading.
- Popular culture--United States--History--19th century.
- Popular culture.
- United States--Civilization--19th century.
- United States.
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Appreciation--United States.
- Dickens, Charles.
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Influence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From 1837 to 1912, Charles Dickens was by far the most popular writer for American readers. Through several sources including statistics, literary biography, newspapers, memoirs, diaries, letters, and interviews, Robert McParland examines a historical time and an emerging national consciousness that defined the American identity before and after the Civil War. American voices present their views, tastes, emotional reactions and identifications, and deep attachment and love for Dickens's characters, stories, themes, and sensibilities as well as for the man himself. Bringing together contemporar
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Seeking Charles Dickens's American Audience; Chapter 2. Charles Dickens and the American Community; Chapter 3. Dickens and American Publishers; Chapter 4. Charles Dickens's First Visit to America, American Notes, and Martin Chuzzlewit; Chapter 5. Dickens and Library Reading; Chapter 6. Learning from Fiction and Reality; Chapter 7. Dickens in a House Divided; Chapter 8. Civil War Reading; Chapter 9. Theatricality; Chapter 10. The Public Readings and the American Reconstruction of Charles Dickens; Chapter 11. The Afterlife of Charles Dickens; Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-32083-8
- 1-282-60758-8
- 9786612607585
- 0-7391-4841-9
- OCLC:
- 700699436
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