Michael Hollington

Dickens and the Grotesque (Routledge Revivals) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317619703
• Artikelnr.: 43592105

Autorenporträt

Michael Hollington

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The Grotesque Tradition, Ancient and Modern
2. The Romance of Real Life: Sketches by Boz and Pickwick Papers 3. 'They
always Die when I'm at Meals': Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby 4. The
Old Curiosity Shop and The New Curiosity Shop 5. The Grotesque in History:
Barnaby Rudge and A Tale of Two Cities 6. The Grotesque in America:
American Notes and Martin Chuzzlewit 7. The New Picturesque: Pictures from
Italy and Little Dorrit 8. Narrative Perspective and the Grotesque: Master
Humphrey's Clock, The Christmas Books and The Uncommercial Traveller 9. The
Child's Perception of the Grotesque: Dombey and Son and David Copperfield
10. Ironic Infernos: Bleak House, Hard Times and Ruskin's Conception of the
Grotesque 11. The Grotesque and Tragicomedy: Great Expectations 12. Opium
and the Grotesque: Our Mutual Friend and Edwin Drood; Bibliography; Index
of Names; Index of Concepts and Themes