Dickens and the Gothic by Andrew Smith

Dickens and the Gothic by Andrew Smith

Dickens and the Gothic provides a critical focus on representations of social and psychological entrapment which demonstrates how Dickens employs the Gothic to evaluate how institutions and formations of history impinge on the individual. An analysis of these forms of Gothic entrapment reveals how these institutions and representations of public and personal history function Gothically in Dickens, because they hold back other, putatively reformist, ambitions. To be trapped in an institution such as a prison, or by the machinations of a law court, or haunted by history, or to be haunted by ghosts, represent forms of Gothic entrapment which this study examines both psychologically and sociologically.

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ISBN 13	9781009539104
ISBN 10	1009539108
Title	Dickens and the Gothic
Author	Andrew Smith
Series	Elements In The Gothic
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2024-10-17
Number of pages	64
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