The reception of Charles Dickens in Europe / edited by Michael Hollington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hollington, Michael.

Series:

Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe

Reception of British and Irish authors in Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Appreciation--Europe.

English literature.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Appreciation--Europe.

Dickens, Charles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (748 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Reception of Charles Dickens in Europe offers a full historical survey of Dickens's reception in all the major European countries and many of the smaller ones, filling a major gap in Dickens scholarship, which has by and large neglected Dickens's fortunes in Europe, and his impact on major European authors and movements. Essays by leading international critics and translators give full attention to cultural changes and fashions, such as the decline of Dickens's fortunes at the end of the nineteenth century in the period of Naturalism and Aestheticism, and the subsequent upswing in the peri

Contents:

FC; Half title; The Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe; Title; Copyright; Contents; Volume I; Series Editor's Preface Elinor Shaffer; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Timeline of the European Reception of Charles Dickens, 1833-2013 Anthony Cummins and Michael Hollington; Introduction Michael Hollington; Part 1: The Reception of Dickens in Germany; 1 Dickens in Germany: The Nineteenth Century Antje Anderson; 2 The Reception of Dickens in Germany, 1900-45 Norbert Lennartz; 3 Dickens's Reception in Germany after 1945 Stefan Welz

4 German Illustrations Joachim Möller translated by Michael HollingtonPart 2: The Reception of Dickens in Russia; 5 Dickens in Russia: A Survey Nina Diakonova; 6 Dickens in Leo Tolstoy's Universe Galina Alekseeva; 7 The Underground Passage: Dickens and Dostoevsky Michael Hollington; 8 Dickens in Twentieth-Century Russia Emily Finer; Part 3: The Reception of Dickens in France; 9 A Historical Survey of French Criticism and Scholarship on Dickens Nathalie Vanfasse; 10 Dickens in France: Major Writers Christine Huguet

11 Dickens's Illustrations: France and Other Countries Gilles SoubigouPart 4: The Reception of Dickens in Spain and Portugal; 12 The Spanish Dickens: Under Cervantes's Inevitable Shadow Fernando Galván and Paul Vita; 13 Dickens in Catalan Literature Sílvia Coll-Vinent and Marcel Ortín; 14 Dickens and Galdós Jeremy Tambling; 15 Dickens in Portugal Maria Leonor Machado de Sousa; Part 5: The Reception of Dickens in Italy; 16 Dickens's Reception in Italy: Criticism Clotilde de Stasio; 17 The Making of a Classic: A Survey of Italian Translations Alessandro Vescovi

18 Magic Lantern, Magic Realism: Italian Writers and Dickens from the End of the Nineteenth Century Francesca OrestanoPart 6: Other German-speaking National Traditions; 19 Dickens in Austria and German-speaking Switzerland Herbert Foltinek; Part 7: Other French-speaking National Traditions; 20 Boz as Tutor: The Reception of Dickens in Francophone Belgium Carlene A. Adamson; 21 Dickens in Francophone Switzerland Neil Forsyth and Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère; Part 8: Dutch-speaking National Traditions; 22 Dickens's Reception in the Netherlands Odin Dekkers

23 Dickens's Reception in Flanders Walter VerschuerenBibliography; Volume II; Part 9: Scandinavian National Traditions; 24 The Reception of Charles Dickens in Denmark from the 1830s to the Present Dominic Rainsford; 25 Dickens's Reception in Finland H. K. Riikonen; 26 The Tale and the Toothpick: On Dickens in Iceland Ástraður Eysteinsson; 27 Dickens in Norway Tore Rem; 28 Dickens in Sweden Ishrat Lindblad; Part 10: Slavonic National Traditions; 29 An Uninterrupted Journey: Seventeen Decades of Dickens Reception in the Czech Lands Zdeněk Beran; 30 Dickens in Slovakia Soňa Šnircová

31 Dickens in Croatia Sintija Čuljat

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781623560355

1623560357

9781623560768

1623560764

OCLC:

856870002