Dickens and demolition : literary afterlives and mid-nineteenth century urban development / Joanna Hofer-Robinson.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Hofer-Robinson, Joanna, author.

Series:

• Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Criticism and interpretation.
• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
• Urbanization--Great Britain--History--19th century.
• City planning--Great Britain--History--19th century.
• City planning.
• History.
• Urbanization.
• Criticism and interpretation.
• Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiv, 248 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color), facsimiles ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]

Contents:

• 1 Charles Dickens and Metropolitan Improvements p. 19
• 2 Sets and the City: Staging London and Oliver Twist p. 51
• 3 Dickensian Afterlives and the Demolition of Field Lane p. 91
• 4 Paperwork and Philanthropy: Dickens's Involvement in Metropolitan Improvement p. 130
• 5 From Sanitary Reform to Cultural Memory: The Case of Jacob's Island p. 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Hofer-Robinson, Joanna. Dickens and demolition.

ISBN:

• 1474420982
• 9781474420983

OCLC:

1032573095