Peter Conrad

Dickens the Enchanter

Inside the Explosive Imagination of the Great Storyteller

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Produktbeschreibung

A kaleidoscopic investigation of Dickensâ s superhuman imagination.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 156mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781399409193
• ISBN-10: 1399409190
• Artikelnr.: 70942115

Autorenporträt

Peter Conrad

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: A Visionary Companion
1 On Planet Dick
2 In the Family
3 In the Dark
4 Cabbalistic Words
5 The Great Creator
6 Devilkins
7 In Arabia
8 Species and Origins
9 In the Carvery
10 In the Forge
11 Arranging the Universe
12 Heroes of His Own Life
13 The So Potent Art
14 In the Crypt
Acknowledgements
Select Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

Dickensian is a language, not an adjective. Conrad speaks it fluently.