Charles Dickens /
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Author / Creator: | Hawes, Donald. |
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Imprint: | London ; New York : Continuum, ©2007. |
Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 167 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Writers' lives Writers' lives (Continuum (Firm)) |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11258444 |
Summary: | Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. The most widely read author of his own generation, his works remain incredibly popular and important today. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, his texts convey perhaps better than any others the drive for wealth and progress and the social contrasts that characterised the Victorian era. His works are widely studied throughout the world both as literary masterpieces and as classic examples of the nineteenth century novel. Combining a biographical approach with close reading of the novels, Donald Hawes offers an illuminating portrait of Dickens as a writer and insight into his life and times. This book will provide a short, lively but sophisticated introduction to Dickens's work and the personal and social context in which it was written. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 167 pages) |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781441169181 1441169180 9781441168856 1441168850 1474211305 9781474211307 1283122928 9781283122924 9786613122926 6613122920 9780826489647 0826489648 9780826489630 082648963X |
Access: | Legal Deposit; |