Now in paperback , A Companion to Charles Dickens concentrates on the historical, ideological, and social forces that defined Dickens s world. This work traces the development of Dickens s career as a journalist and novelist and includes original essays by leading Dickensian scholars on each of Dickens s fifteen novels.
A Companion to Charles Dickens concentrates on the historical, ideological, and social forces that defined Dickens's world.
* Puts Dickens's work into its literary, historical, and social contexts
* Traces the development of Dickens's career as a journalist and novelist
* Includes original essays by leading Dickensian scholars on each of Dickens's fifteen novels
* Explores a broad range of topics, including criticisms of his novels, the use of history and law in his fiction, language, and the effect of political and social reform
* Examines Dickens's legacy and surveys the mass of secondary materials that has been generated in response and reverence to his writing