Shakespeare and Dickens - The Dynamics of Influence

Klappentext Traces Dickens' interest in Shakespeare through his own reading and performance and through theatrical! literary and artistic sources. Zusammenfassung Tracing Dickens' interest in Shakespeare through his own reading and performance and through numerous theatrical! literary and artistic sources! this 1996 book discusses the use of Shakespeare's words and ideas to enrich all aspects of Dickens' writing. Included is a catalogue of one thousand references to Shakespeare's plays and poems taken from the full corpus of Dickens' work. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface; A note on the text and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. 'A Shakespearean Lot': 1. 'Treading in the steps': early Shakespearean influences; 2. 'At his tongue's end': Dickens's remarkable memory; 3. 'Eloquent associations': W. C. Macready and Daniel Maclise; 4. 'As if I had been another man': Dickens as actor-manager; 5. 'The noblest of all dramatists': Dickens as theatre critic and editor; Part II. 'All the Removes and Definitions of Shakespeare's Touchstone': 6. 'Of imagination all compact': Dickens's aesthetic principles; 7. Definition of critical concepts; 8. Verbal 'fireworks': typical functions of Dickens's Shakespearean references; 9. 'The web I have spun': Shakespeareana in Dombey and Son and David Copperfield; Part III. 'Signs and Tokens' of Shakespeare: Preface to the catalogue; Catalogue of Dickens's references to Shakespeare; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Valerie L. Gager, Valerie L. (Carroll College Gager, Gager Valerie L., Gager Valerie L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521031516
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03151-6
• No. of pages: 440
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form