The Life of Charles Dickens: The Illustrated Edition by John Forster

The Life of Charles Dickens: The Illustrated Edition by John Forster

Illuminates extracts from Dickens' own work and from criticism, biography and fiction. This title is illustrated with materials including artwork from the serial parts of Dickens' novels, rare photographs and portraits of Dickens and his circle, as well as specially commissioned images from the Charles Dickens Museum.

John Forster (1812-1876), author, biographer and critic, was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Forster's biography of his close friend and advisee, Charles Dickens, was the first written and continues to be the basis for much of what we know about the author. The biography contains many examples of personal correspondence between the two men and offers a unique insight into one of the most influential writers in English Literature. Dr Furneaux, is a Reader in Victorian Literature at the University of Leicester, whose main research interests are in gender, sexuality, medicine and the Victorian novel. She is author of Queer Dickens: Erotics, Families, Masculinities (Oxford University Press, 2009) which explores the affirmative representations of same-sex desire and non-normative 'families of choice' in the novels of Dickens. Jane Smiley is the best-selling author of the award-winning A Thousand Acres and of Charles Dickens, a biography.

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ISBN 13	9781402772856
ISBN 10	1402772858
Title	The Life of Charles Dickens: The Illustrated Edition
Author	John Forster
Series	Illustrated Editions Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Union Square & Co.
Year published	2011-10-01
Number of pages	512
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.