The dog in the Dickensian imagination / by Beryl Gray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, Beryl, author.

Series:

Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)

The nineteenth century series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Dickens, Charles.

Dogs in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate Publishing Company, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In her study of Dickens's relationship to canines, Gray shows that dogs, real and invented, were intrinsic to Dickens's vision and experience of London and its representation. She makes use of personal reminiscences, periodicals, images of dogs by portrait artists and Dickens's illustrators, and institutional archives to shed light not only on Dickens's life and works, but also on his society's complex and conflicting perceptions of and attitudes towards dogs.

Contents:

Part I. A life with dogs

Dog fancy

A dog's life with Dickens: Timber

I have taken to dogs lately: the great Gad's Hill dogs

Dogs encountered

Dickens's dream dog : Mrs Bouncer

Part II. Knowing his place : the dog in Dickens's art

Man and dog : Oliver Twist and The old curiosity shop

The circus dog and the whelp : Hard times

The drover's dog : Bleak House

The essential dog : Dombey and Son and Little Dorrit

The defining dog : David Copperfield and Great expectations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-367-88018-0

1-315-61565-7

1-317-03538-0

1-317-03537-2

1-4724-3530-3

9781315615653

OCLC:

892245936