Charles Dickens, a man so representative of his age as to have become considered synonymous with it, demands to be read in context. This book illuminates the worlds - social, political, economic and artistic - in which Dickens worked. Dickens's professional life encompassed work as a novelist, journalist, editor, public reader and passionate advocate of social reform. This volume offers a detailed treatment of Dickens in each of these roles, exploring the central features of Dickens's age, work and legacy, and uncovering sometimes surprising faces of the man and of the range of Dickens…mehr
Charles Dickens, a man so representative of his age as to have become considered synonymous with it, demands to be read in context. This book illuminates the worlds - social, political, economic and artistic - in which Dickens worked. Dickens's professional life encompassed work as a novelist, journalist, editor, public reader and passionate advocate of social reform. This volume offers a detailed treatment of Dickens in each of these roles, exploring the central features of Dickens's age, work and legacy, and uncovering sometimes surprising faces of the man and of the range of Dickens industries. Through 45 digestible short chapters written by a leading expert on each topic, a rounded picture emerges of Dickens's engagement with his time, the influence of his works and the ways he has been read, adapted and re-imagined from the nineteenth century to the present.
Preface Part I. Life and Afterlife: 1. The life of Dickens 1: before Ellen Ternan John Bowen 2. The life of Dickens 2: after Ellen Ternan John Bowen 3. Dickens's lives Michael Slater 4. Victorian stage adaptations and novel appropriations Anne Humpherys 5. Reviewing Dickens in the Victorian periodical press John Drew 6. The European context Michael Hollington 7. Major twentieth-century critical responses Toru Sasaki 8. Modern stage adaptations Tony Williams 9. Modern screen adaptations Toru Sasaki 10. The heritage industry Juliet John 11. Neo-Victorian Dickens Cora Kaplan Part II. Social and Cultural Contexts: 12. Popular culture Paul Schlicke 13. The rise of celebrity culture Joss Marsh 14. The newspaper and periodical market John Drew 15. Authorship and the professional writer Florian Schweizer 16. The theatre Marty Gould 17. Melodrama Juliet John 18. The bildungsroman Florian Schweizer 19. Visual culture Kate Flint 20. The historical novel Ian Duncan 21. The illustrated novel Mary Elizabeth Leighton and Lisa Surridge 22. Christmas Sally Ledger 23. Childhood Holly Furneaux 24. Work Martin Danahay 25. Europe Ruth Livesey 26. The Victorians and America Ella Dzelzainis 27. Educating the Victorians Patrick Brantlinger 28. London Anne Humphereys 29. Politics Michael Sanders 30. Political economy Paul Young 31. The aristocracy Andrew Sanders 32. The middle classes Priti Joshi 33. Urban migration and mobility Josephine McDonagh 34. Financial markets and the banking system Francis O'Gorman 35. Empires and colonies Grace Moore 36. Race Priti Joshi 37. Crime Anne Schwan 38. The law Jan-Melissa Schramm 39. Religion Emma Mason 40. Science James Mussell 41. Transport Jonathan Grossman 42. Social hygiene, illness and disease Janis McLarren Caldwell 43. Domesticity Catherine Waters 44. Sexuality Holly Furneaux 45. Gender identities Catherine Waters Further reading Index.
Preface Part I. Life and Afterlife: 1. The life of Dickens 1: before Ellen Ternan John Bowen 2. The life of Dickens 2: after Ellen Ternan John Bowen 3. Dickens's lives Michael Slater 4. Victorian stage adaptations and novel appropriations Anne Humpherys 5. Reviewing Dickens in the Victorian periodical press John Drew 6. The European context Michael Hollington 7. Major twentieth-century critical responses Toru Sasaki 8. Modern stage adaptations Tony Williams 9. Modern screen adaptations Toru Sasaki 10. The heritage industry Juliet John 11. Neo-Victorian Dickens Cora Kaplan Part II. Social and Cultural Contexts: 12. Popular culture Paul Schlicke 13. The rise of celebrity culture Joss Marsh 14. The newspaper and periodical market John Drew 15. Authorship and the professional writer Florian Schweizer 16. The theatre Marty Gould 17. Melodrama Juliet John 18. The bildungsroman Florian Schweizer 19. Visual culture Kate Flint 20. The historical novel Ian Duncan 21. The illustrated novel Mary Elizabeth Leighton and Lisa Surridge 22. Christmas Sally Ledger 23. Childhood Holly Furneaux 24. Work Martin Danahay 25. Europe Ruth Livesey 26. The Victorians and America Ella Dzelzainis 27. Educating the Victorians Patrick Brantlinger 28. London Anne Humphereys 29. Politics Michael Sanders 30. Political economy Paul Young 31. The aristocracy Andrew Sanders 32. The middle classes Priti Joshi 33. Urban migration and mobility Josephine McDonagh 34. Financial markets and the banking system Francis O'Gorman 35. Empires and colonies Grace Moore 36. Race Priti Joshi 37. Crime Anne Schwan 38. The law Jan-Melissa Schramm 39. Religion Emma Mason 40. Science James Mussell 41. Transport Jonathan Grossman 42. Social hygiene, illness and disease Janis McLarren Caldwell 43. Domesticity Catherine Waters 44. Sexuality Holly Furneaux 45. Gender identities Catherine Waters Further reading Index.
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