Charles Dickens: David Copperfield/ Great Expectations

David Copperfield and Great Expectations are among Charles Dickens''s most famous novels. In both books, the hero tells the vivid and absorbing tale of his education by life, presents a rich range of characters and scenes, and tackles profound moral, social and psychological themes.Part I of this essential study:- Provides lucid and penetrating analyses of key passages- Discusses the crucial topics of patriarchy, class, obsession, eccentricity, death, breakdown and recovery- Summarizes the methods of analysis and offers suggestions for further workPart II supplies key background material, including:- An account of Dickens''s life and works- A survey of historical, cultural and literary contexts- Samples of significant criticismAlso featuring a valuable Further Reading section, this volume provides readers with the critical and analytical skills which will enable them to enjoy and explore both novels for themselves.>

List of contents

General Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on Quotations
Introduction
PART I: ANALYSING 'DAVID COPPERFIELD' AND 'GREAT EXPECTATIONS'
1. Introduction
2. Sons and Patriarchs
3. Ladies and Gentlemen
4. Obsessives and Eccentrics
5. Moments of Truth
6. Dying in Style
7. Breakdown and Recovery
PART II: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICS
8. Charles Dickens: Life and Works
9. The Historical, Cultural and Literary Context
10. A Sample of Critical Views
11. Further Reading
Index.

About the author

Nicolas Tredell

Product details

• Authors: Nicolas Tredell, Tredell Nicolas
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.07.2013
• EAN: 9781137283245
• ISBN: 978-1-137-28324-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Analysing Texts; Analysing Texts (Palgrave MacM; Analysing Texts; Analysing Texts (Palgrave MacM
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature, Modern—19th century, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Charles Dickens;expectation;knowledge;novel;style;time;truth