Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Chapter 1 Introduction -- Dickens and the Changing Patterns of Popular Entertainment -- chapter 2 Popular Entertainment and Childhood -- chapter 3 CHAPTER 3 -- The Novel as Popular Entertainment -- chapter 4 The Old Curiosity Shop -- The Assessment of Popular Entertainment -- chapter 5 CHAPTER 5 -- The Necessity of Popular Entertainment -- chapter 6 Popular Entertainment in Dickens's Journalism -- chapter 7 Dickens's Public Readings -- The Abiding Commitment.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This study offers a selection of nine essays that examine the range of design for popular entertainment. Investigating entertainment design from the late 19th century to the 1960s, the book is divided into two sections addressing the 'hardware' and 'software' of popular entertainment.
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Title
Dickens and popular entertainment.
International Standard Book Number
0044451806
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Dickens, Charles,1812-1870-- Criticism and interpretation.