Charles Dickens in Context by Sally Ledger

Charles Dickens in Context by Sally Ledger

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.

Sally Ledger was the Hildred Carlile Chair in English at Royal Holloway, University of London. Holly Furneaux is Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Leicester.

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ISBN 13	9780521887007
ISBN 10	0521887003
Title	Charles Dickens in Context
Author	Sally Ledger
Series	Literature In Context
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2011-06-02
Number of pages	428
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