Shakespeare and Dickens
Subtitle: The Dynamics of Influence
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 28, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9780521455268
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; Shakespeare, William,; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; British Isles; Knowledge; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Dickens, Charles; Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Knowledge--Literature; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Dickens, Charles,; 1564-1616; 1812-1870; 19th century; History; Influence; Literature
First sentence: One of the childhood events to which Peter Ackroyd attaches particular significance is the occasion when Dickens was taken by his father to see a house at Gad's Hill, the house which the successful author would eventually purchase as his country home.