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Author(s): Paul B. Davis
ISBN(s): 9780816064076, 0816064075
Edition: 1
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Year: 2006
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0816064075 
ISBN 13: 9780816064076
Author: Paul B Davis

A master of extreme situations, Charles Dickens populated his novels with unforgettable characters and elaborate settings. “”Critical Companion to Charles Dickens”” is an essential reference to everything one needs to know about Dickens and his work. This revised, reorganized, and fully updated revision of “”Charles Dickens A to Z”” contains extensive updates, including expanded commentary on the novels and on the major characters, as well as updates to reflect the latest in Dickens scholarship. This comprehensive, single-volume reference contains entries on this writer’s works, including the characters in each work, crucial historical and thematic information, and critical discussion. It also includes entries on related people, places, themes, topics, and influences. Additional features include 50 illustrations, a chronology, a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and much more. Coverage includes: a detailed discussion of Dickens’ life; synopses and critical examinations of Dickens’s published works, major and minor, with extensive analyses of his major novels, including “”David Copperfield””, “”Bleak House””, “”Oliver Twist””, “”A Christmas Carol””, and more; entries on the characters in his fiction, with major characters receiving extensive commentary; profiles of friends, family, and contemporaries, as well as the places important to Dickens’ life and fiction; and discussions of themes and important, broader topics.

Critical Companion to Charles Dickens A Literary Reference to His Life And Work 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Life and Times of Charles Dickens

  • Early Life and Family Background

  • Education and Early Career

  • Marriage and Personal Life

  • Later Years and Death

Chapter 2: Major Works

  • The Pickwick Papers

  • Oliver Twist

  • Nicholas Nickleby

  • The Old Curiosity Shop

  • Barnaby Rudge

  • David Copperfield

  • Bleak House

  • Hard Times

  • Little Dorrit

  • A Tale of Two Cities

  • Great Expectations

  • Our Mutual Friend

  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Chapter 3: Themes and Motifs

  • Social Criticism and Reform

  • Class and Poverty

  • Childhood and Innocence

  • Crime and Justice

  • Urban Life and Industrialization

  • Family and Relationships

  • Morality and Religion

Chapter 4: Characters and Characterization

  • Heroes and Heroines

  • Villains and Antagonists

  • Comic Characters

  • Symbolic and Allegorical Figures

Chapter 5: Literary Style and Techniques

  • Narrative Structure

  • Use of Humor and Satire

  • Realism and Romanticism

  • Dialogue and Dialects

  • Serialization and Publishing

Chapter 6: Critical Reception and Influence

  • Contemporary Reviews

  • Dickens in Literary Criticism

  • Influence on Later Writers

  • Adaptations in Film, Theatre, and Television

Chapter 7: Bibliography and Further Reading

  • Primary Sources

  • Secondary Sources

  • Selected Critical Essays

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