Charles Dickens and ''Boz'' - The Birth of the Industrial-Age Author

Informationen zum Autor Robert L. Patten is Lynette S. Autrey Professor in Humanities at Rice University. Klappentext An original study of Dickens' early career and the way he constructed his literary reputation. Zusammenfassung Robert L. Patten tells the story of how Dickens created an authorial persona that highlighted certain attributes and concealed others about his life! talent and publications. This complicated narrative of struggle! determination! dead ends and new beginnings is as gripping as one of Dickens' own novels. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue; 1. Christening Boz (1812-1834): The Journalism Sketches; 2. Characterizing Boz (1834-1837): Sketches by Boz; 3. Writing Boz (1836-1837): The Pickwick Papers; 4. Hiring Boz (1837-1839): Bentley's Miscellany and Oliver Twist; 5. Paying Boz (1838-1839): Nicholas Nickleby; 6. Rewriting Boz (1839-1841): Master Humphrey's Clock and The Old Curiosity Shop; 7. Unwriting Boz (1841): Master Humphrey's Clock and Barnaby Rudge; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Professor Robert L. Patten, Robert L. Patten, Robert L. (Rice University Patten, Robert L. Professor Patten
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2012
• EAN: 9781107023512
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02351-2
• No. of pages: 428
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Publishing industry & book trade