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First published in 1984, this title examines the development of a special rhetoric in Dickens’ work, which, by using grotesque effects, challenged the complacency of his middle-class Victorian readers. The study begins by exploring definitions of the grotesque and moves on to look at three key aspects that particularly impacted on Dickens’ imagination: popular theatre (especially pantomime), caricature, and the tradition of the Gothic novel. Michael Hollington traces the development of Dickens’ application of the grotesque from his early work to his late novels, showing how its use becomes more subtle. Hollington’s title greatly enhances our appreciation of Dickens’ technique, showing the skill with which he used the grotesque to undermine stereotyped responses and encourage his readership to challenge their context.
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- PublisherBarnes & Noble
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0389204579
- ISBN 13 9780389204572
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- Number of pages261
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Book Description First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 261p ; 23cm. Notes: Bibliography: p247-255. - Includes index.Contents: The grotesque tradition, ancient and modern -- The romance of real life: Sketches by Boz and Pickwick papers -- 'They always die when I'm at meals': Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby -- The old curiosity shop and the new curiosity shop -- The grotesque in history: Barnaby Rudge and A tale of two cities -- The grotesque in America: American notes and Martin Chuzzlewit -- The new picturesque: Pictures from Italy and Little Dorrit -- Narrative perspective and the grotesque: Master Humphrey's closk, the Christmas books and The uncommercial traveller -- The child's perception of the grotesque: Dombey and son and David Copperfield -- Ironic infernos: Bleak House, Hard Times and Ruskin's conception of the grotesque -- The grotesque and tragicomedy: Great expectations -- Opium and the grotesque: Our mutual friend and Edwin Drood.Subjects: Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Criticism and interpretation. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870.Dickens, Charles 1812-1870. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Criticism and interpretation. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Critique et interprétation.Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Criticism and interpretation. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Criticism and interpretation.Dickens, Charles. Grotesque in literature.English literature 19th century History and criticism. Grotesque in literature. Grotesque in literature. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Early Victorian period English literature Grotesque. Das GroteskeGrotesque in literature.Roman. Fiction in English Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Special themes Grotesque 1812-1870. - Critical studies. Fiction in English. Dickens, Charles, Special themes: Grotesque. Fiction in English Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Special themes, Grotesque Critical studies 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 386290
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Book Description First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 261p ; 23cm. Notes: Bibliography: p247-255. - Includes index.Contents: The grotesque tradition, ancient and modern -- The romance of real life: Sketches by Boz and Pickwick papers -- 'They always die when I'm at meals': Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby -- The old curiosity shop and the new curiosity shop -- The grotesque in history: Barnaby Rudge and A tale of two cities -- The grotesque in America: American notes and Martin Chuzzlewit -- The new picturesque: Pictures from Italy and Little Dorrit -- Narrative perspective and the grotesque: Master Humphrey's closk, the Christmas books and The uncommercial traveller -- The child's perception of the grotesque: Dombey and son and David Copperfield -- Ironic infernos: Bleak House, Hard Times and Ruskin's conception of the grotesque -- The grotesque and tragicomedy: Great expectations -- Opium and the grotesque: Our mutual friend and Edwin Drood.Subjects: Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Criticism and interpretation. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870.Dickens, Charles 1812-1870. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Criticism and interpretation. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Critique et interprétation.Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Criticism and interpretation. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Criticism and interpretation.Dickens, Charles. Grotesque in literature.English literature 19th century History and criticism. Grotesque in literature. Grotesque in literature. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Early Victorian period English literature Grotesque. Das GroteskeGrotesque in literature.Roman. Fiction in English Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Special themes Grotesque 1812-1870. - Critical studies. Fiction in English. Dickens, Charles, Special themes: Grotesque. Fiction in English Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Special themes, Grotesque Critical studies 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 386290
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