Charles Dickens / Donald Hawkes.

By: Hawes, Donald Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Writers' lives (Continuum (Firm))Publication details: London ; New York : Continuum, c2007. Description: vi, 167 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780826489647 (pbk.); 0826489648 (pbk.); 9780826489630; 082648963XSubject(s): Novelists, English -- 19th century -- BiographyDDC classification: 823.8 LOC classification: PR4581 | .H39 2007Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Table of contents only | Publisher description | WorldCat details | E-book Fulltext

Contents:

TOC 1. Introduction: Why read Dickens?; 2. Dickens's life - a brief biography; A Guide to the Texts: Sketches by Boz, Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist; 3. Society in fact and fiction; Nicholas Nickleby, Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge; 4. Institutions in fact and fiction; Martin Chuzzlewit, A Christmas Carol, Dombey and Son; 5. Dickens's Illustrators; David Copperfield, Bleak House; 6. Families and relationships in fact and fiction; Hard Times, Little Dorrit; 7. Jokers and Knaves: Dickens's comic characters and villains Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations; 8. Art and entertainment; Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; 9. Adaptations; Index.

Summary: Summary: Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. The most widely read author of his own generation, his works remain incredibly popular today. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, his texts convey perhaps better than any others the drive for wealth and progress and the social contrasts that characterized the Victorian era. His works are widely studied throughout the world both as literary masterpieces and as classic examples of the nineteenth century novel. Combining a biographical approach with close reading of the novels, Donald Hawes offers an illuminating portrait of Dickens as a writer and insight into his life and times. This book gives readers and students a short, lively but sophisticated introduction to Dickens's work and the personal and social context in which it was written.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
E-Book	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU E-book	Fiction	823.8 HAC 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Not for loan
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Fiction	823.8 HAC 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan	24182
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Circulation Section	Fiction	823.8 HAC 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2	Available	24183

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Online version:
Hawes, Donald.
Charles Dickens.
London ; New York : Continuum, c2007
(OCoLC)608448937

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index.

Summary:
Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. The most widely read author of his own generation, his works remain incredibly popular today. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, his texts convey perhaps better than any others the drive for wealth and progress and the social contrasts that characterized the Victorian era. His works are widely studied throughout the world both as literary masterpieces and as classic examples of the nineteenth century novel. Combining a biographical approach with close reading of the novels, Donald Hawes offers an illuminating portrait of Dickens as a writer and insight into his life and times. This book gives readers and students a short, lively but sophisticated introduction to Dickens's work and the personal and social context in which it was written.

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