K. Smith
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2008
9780230545236
Dickens and the Unreal City
Searching for Spiritual Significance in Nineteenth-Century London
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Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
2008
ISBN13: 9780230545236
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
Dickens's London often acts as a complex symbol, composed of numerous sub-symbols, such as crowd, river, railway networks and police systems. This book is particularly interested in how Dickens's treatment of the city allows him to re-examine traditional Christian discourses on the issues of revelation, renunciation and regeneration.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780230545236
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Reading Dickens's Novels After The Waste Land 'A revelation by which men are to guide themselves': Dickens and Christian Theology 'The debilitated old house in the city': London as Haunted House 'A great (and dirty) city': London's Dirt and the Terrors of Obscurity 'Angel and devil by turns': The Detective Figure in Bleak House 'A road of ashes': London's Railways and the Providential Timetable 'The secrets of the river': The Thames within London 'A dream of demon heads and savage eyes': The Metropolitan Crowd Conclusion: 'What is the city over the mountains?' Notes Bibliography Index