Authors in Context: Charles Dickens

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Sanders has edited David Copperfield and A Tale of Two Cities for OWC. He is the author of Dickens and the Spirit of the Age (1999) and The Short Oxford History of English Literature (1994, 2000). He was formerly Editor of The Dickensian. Klappentext Charles Dickens explores the work of the most popular author of his age in relation to the contradictory impulses of Victorian society, looking at the vital interconnection between his life and his art. His novels resonate well beyond his own age and continue to be recontextualized on the stage, on film, and on television. Zusammenfassung Charles Dickens explores the work of the most popular author of his age in relation to the contradictory impulses of Victorian society! looking at the vital interconnection between his life and his art. His novels resonate well beyond his own age and continue to be recontextualized on the stage! on film! and on television. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Dickens's Life ; 2. 'These Times of Ours': Dickens! Politics! and Society ; 3. The Literary Context ; 4. Urban Society: London and Class ; 5. Utilitarianism! Religion! and History ; 6. Science and Technology ; 7. Recontextualizing Dickens

Product details

• Authors: Sanders Andrew, Andrew Sanders
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2009
• EAN: 9780199556090
• ISBN: 978-0-19-955609-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Oxford World's Classics; Oxford World's Classics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies