Charles Dickens in context
Record details
- ISBN: 9781139079303
- ISBN: 9780521887007
- ISBN: 0521887003
- ISBN: 9781139136198
- ISBN: 9781139077026
- ISBN: 9780511975493
- ISBN: 1139136194
- ISBN: 1139077023
- ISBN: 051197549X
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxi, 405 pages) : illustrations
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Computer data. - Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:april.19 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I : Life and after life. The life of Dickens 1 : before Ellen Ternan / John Bowen -- The life of Dickens 2 : after Ellen Ternan / John Bowen -- Dickens's lives / Michael Slater -- Victorian stage adaptations and novel appropriations / Anne Humpherys -- Reviewing Dickens in the Victorian periodical press / John Drew -- The European context / Michael Hollington -- Major twentieth-century critical responses / Toru Sasaki -- Modern stage adaptations / Tony Williams -- Modern screen adaptations / Toru Sasaki -- The heritage industry / Juliet John -- Neo-Victorian Dickens / Cora Kaplan -- Part II : Social and cultural contexts. Popular culture / Paul Schlicke -- The rise of celebrity culture / Joss Marsh -- The newspaper and periodical market / John Drew -- Authorship and the professional writer / Florian Schweizer -- The theatre / Marty Gould -- Melodrama / Juliet John -- The Bildungsroman / Florian Schweizer -- Visual culture / Kate Flint -- The historical novel / Ian Duncan -- The illustrated novel / Mary Elizabeth Leighton and Lisa Surridge -- Christmas / Sally Ledger -- Childhood / Holly Furneaux -- Work / Martin Danahay -- Europe / Ruth Livesey -- The Victorians and America / Ella Dzelzainis -- Educating the Victorians / Patrick Brantlinger -- London / Anne Humpherys -- Politics / Michael Sanders -- Political economy / Paul Young -- The aristocracy / Andrew Sanders -- The middle classes / Priti Joshi -- Urban migration and mobility / Josephine McDonagh -- Financial markets and the banking system / Francis O'Gorman -- Empires and colonies / Grace Moore -- Race / Priti Joshi -- Crime / Anne Schwan -- The law / Jan-Melissa Schramm -- Religion / Emma Mason -- Science / James Mussell -- Transport / Jonathan H. Grossman -- Illness, disease and social hygiene / Janis McLarren Caldwell -- Domesticity / Catherine Waters -- Sexuality / Holly Furneaux -- Gender identities / Catherine Waters. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Genre: | Aufsatzsammlung. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. |