Dickens and the Imagined Child

by Peter Merchant and Catherine Waters

The figure of the child and the imaginative and emotional capacities associated with children have always been sites of lively contestation for readers and critics of Dickens. In Dickens and the Imagined Child, leading scholars explore the function of the child and childhood within Dickens's imagination and reflect on the cultural resonance of his engagement with this topic. Part I of the collection examines the Dickensian child as both characteristic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367880067
• ISBN13: 9780367880064
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"