Dickens and the unreal city : searching for spiritual significance in nineteenth-century London /
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| Author / Creator: | Smith, Karl Ashley, 1975- |
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. |
| Description: | ix, 244 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7360139 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: 'A heap of broken images'
- 1. 'A revelation by which men are to guide themselves': Dickens and Christian Theology
- 2. 'The debilitated old house in the city': London as Haunted House
- 3. 'A great (and dirty) city': London's Dirt and the Terrors of Obscurity
- 4. 'Angel and devil by turns': The Detective Figure in Bleak House
- 5. 'A road of ashes': London's Railway and the Providential Timetable
- 6. 'The secrets of the river': The Thames within London
- 7. 'A dream of demon heads and savage eyes': Dickens' Metropolitan Crowd
- Conclusion: 'What is the city over the mountains'
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
