The grotesque in the fiction of Charles Dickens and other 19th-century European novelists / edited by Isabelle Hervouet-Farrar and Max Vega-Ritter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hervouet-Farrar, Isabelle, editor.

Véga-Ritter, Max, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

European fiction.

European fiction--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides an overview of the literary grotesque in 19th-century Europe, with special emphasis on Charles Dickens, whose use of this complex aesthetic category is thus addressed in relation with other 19th-century European writers. The crossing of geographical boundaries allows an in-depth study of the different modes of the grotesque found in 19th-century fiction. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the reasons behind the extensive use of such a favoured mode of expression. Inter.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

PART II

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

PART III

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CONCLUSION

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 18, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4438-7405-1

OCLC:

905864034