Dickens's Great Expectations : Misnar's Pavilion versus Cinderella / Jerome Meckier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meckier, Jerome.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cinderella (Legendary character).

Cinderella.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Contemporaries.

Dickens, Charles.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Knowledge--Folklore.

Morell, Charles, Sir, 1736-1765. Tales of the genii.

Morell, Charles.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Great expectations.

Parody.

Tragicomedy--History and criticism.

Tragicomedy.

English literature--Arab influences.

English literature.

Cinderella (Tale)--History and criticism.

Cinderella (Tale).

Tales--Arab countries--History and criticism.

Tales.

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

English fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dickens scholar Jerome Meckier's acclaimed Hidden Rivalries in Victorian Fiction examined fierce literary competition between leading novelists who tried to establish their credentials as realists by rewriting Dickens's novels. Here, Meckier argues that in Great Expectations, Dickens not only updated David Copperfield but also rewrote novels by Lever, Thackeray, Collins, Shelley, and Charlotte and Emily Brontë. He periodically revised his competitors' themes, characters, and incidents to discredit their novels as unrealistic fairy tales imbued with Cinderella motifs. Dickens darkened his fa

Contents:

Misnar versus Cinderella

Lever

Thackeray

David Copperfield

Collins

Mary Shelley

Charlotte Bronte

Emily Bronte

Synopsis A: The tale of Misnar's pavilion

Synopsis B: A day's ride.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-267) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813185286

0813185289

9780813159140

0813159148

OCLC:

900344524