Dickens and Modernity

by Juliet John

Essays exploring the ways in which Dickens' vision is both so much of its time, and yet has so much resonance for today.

The scale of the 2012 bicentenary celebrations of Dickens's birth is testimony to his status as one of the most globally popular literary authors the world has ever seen. Yet Dickens has also become associated in the public imagination with a particular version of the Victorian past and with respectability. His continued...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843843269
• ISBN13: 9781843843269
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"