عنوان

Dickens and modernity /

شابک

1843843269

شابک

9781843843269

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Dickens and modernity /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

edited by Juliet John for the English Association.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xi, 232 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

23 cm.

عنوان فروست

Essays and studies 2012 ;

مشخصه جلد

n.s., v. 65.

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

"The scale of the 2012 bicentenary celebrations of Dickens's birth is testimony to his status as one of the most globally popular literary authors the world has ever seen. Yet Dickens has also become associated in the public imagination with a particular version of the Victorian past and with respectability. His continued cultural prominence and the 'brand recognition' achieved by his image and images suggest that his vision reaches beyond the Victorian period. Yet what is the relationship between Dickens and the modern world? Do his works offer a consoling version of the past or are they attuned to that state of uncertainty and instability we associate with the nebulous but resonant concept of modernity? This volume positions Dickens as both a literary and a cultural icon with a complex relationship to the cultural landscape in his own period and since. It seeks to demonstrate that oppositions which have pervaded approaches to Dickens - Victorian vs modern, artist vs entertainer, culture vs commerce - are false, by exploring the diversity and multiplicity of Dickens's textual and extra-textual lives. A specially commissioned Afterword by Florian Schweizer, Director of the Dickens 2012 celebrations, offers a fascinating insight into the shaping of this year-long public programme of commemoration of Dickens. Like the volume as a whole, it asks us to consider the nature of our connection with 'this quintessentially Victorian writer' and what it is about Dickens that still appeals to people around the world."--Cover, p.4.

موضوع مستند نشده

Dickens, Charles,1812-1870-- Criticism and interpretation.

موضوع مستند نشده

Civilization, Modern, in literature.

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

John, Juliet,1967-

تاريخ عمليات

20160620022358.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y