Who's Who in Dickens (Who's Who Series) - Hardcover

Hawes, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415136040 ISBN 13: 9780415136044

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

Who's Who in Dickens is an accessible guide to the many characters in Charles Dickens' fiction. Dickens' characters are strikingly portrayed and have become a vital part of our cultural heritage - Scrooge has become a by-word for stinginess, Uriah Heep for unctuousness. From the much loved Oliver Twist to the fact-grubbing Mr Gradgrind, the obstinate Martin Chuzzlewit to the embittered Miss Havisham, this book covers the famous and lesser known characters in Dickens.
Who's Who in Dickens provides:
* an easy-to-use A-Z layout
* physical and psychological profiles of the characters
* a critical look at his characters by past and present influential commentators
* a list of characters and works in which they have appeared
* over forty illustrations of major characters drawn by Dickens' contemporaries

About this title

About the Author

Donald Hawes has taught in schools and at the University of Westminster and the University of North London. He is presently a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster and the Open University. He is co-author of Thackeray: The Critical Heritage, co-editor of Villette, and editor of volumes of Pendennis, Henry Esmond and Barnaby Rudge.

Review

"Hawe's enthusiasm for Dicken's characters is contagious - it is hard not to be charmed by a scholar whose main worry is that he has "omitted [someone's] favourite character.""
-Dickens Quarterly
"Hawes's enthusiasm for Dickens's characters is contagious- it is hard not to be charmed by a scholar whose main worry is that he has "omitted [someone's] favourite character.."
-Timothy A. Spurgin

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0415136040
• ISBN 13: 9780415136044
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304