Dickens and Popular Entertainment by Paul Schlicke

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Summary

A study of Dickens and popular entertainment, concentrating specifically on "Nicholas Nickleby", "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Hard Times".

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Dickens and Popular Entertainment by Paul Schlicke

A study of Dickens and popular entertainment, concentrating specifically on Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop and Hard Times.
'With its copious details and impeccable documentation, its many quotations from the novelist's speeches and less well-known writings, as well as for the author's fresh and penetrating insights into aspects of Dicken's art, this is a valuable book for the social historian and for the Dicken's enthusiast' - Mary McGowan, Dickensian

'An important book for Dickensians and cultural historians it is both efficient and persuasive.' - R L Patten, Victorian Studies

'The topic is one of the liveliest in the whole repertory of Dickens studies, and while the other writers have nibbled around its edges, Schlicke is the first to take it on in its entirity.' - R D Altick, Nineteenth-Century Literature

'Dickens and Popular Entertainment is a sound and informative contribution to Dickens scholarship, made more attractive by its twenty-five black-and-white illustrations The book is well produced and was well worth producing.' - Peter Faulkner, Notes and Queries
Paul Schlicke, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen, has served as President of the Dickens Society of America and the International Dickens Fellowship. He is currently chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Charles Dickens Museum in London.

Peter Ackroyd is a renowned novelist, critic and biographer. He has written 13 novels, including Hawksmoor, The Fall of Troy and Chatterton, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1987. His biographies include works on Dickens, William Blake and Shakespeare.
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ISBN 13 9780044451808
ISBN 10 0044451806
Title Dickens and Popular Entertainment
Author Paul Schlicke
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1988-07-28
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.