Sensation and Sublimation in Charles Dickens [electronic resource] /
Gordon, J.author.
This book explores three crucial stages in Dickens' on-going voyage of discovery into what has been called the 'hidden springs' of his fiction; arguing that in three of Dickens best known novels, we witness Dickens responding to some identifiable force represented as coming from underneath the ground plan of the book in question.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Titlepage; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 "What Right Have They to Butcher Me?"; 2 "Thankee, Mum," Said Toodle, "Since You Are Suppressing"; 3 "In a Thick Crowd of Sounds, But Still Intelligibly Enough to Be Understood"; 4 Is Esther Pretty? and Nine Other Questions About Bleak House; Afterword: Having It Both Ways; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book explores three crucial stages in Dickens' on-going voyage of discovery into what has been called the 'hidden springs' of his fiction; arguing that in three of Dickens best known novels, we witness Dickens responding to some identifiable force represented as coming from underneath the ground plan of the book in question.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
British literature.
Literature, Modern-19th century.
Fiction.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Fiction.