"Hard Times"
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Longman
Published: February 3, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780582424494
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; Literary Criticism; Designed / suitable for A & AS Level; Study guides, home study & revision notes; English
Notes: York Notes Advanced
Table of contents: label: Part One
title: Introduction; title: How to Study a Novel
pagenum: 5; title: Reading Hard Times
pagenum: 6; label: Part Two
title: Summaries & Commentaries; title: Note on the Text
pagenum: 9; title: Synopsis
pagenum: 9; title: Detailed Summaries
pagenum: 12; title: Book The First: Sowing
pagenum: 12; title: Book The Second: Reaping
pagenum: 31; title: Book The Third: Garnering
pagenum: 46; label: Part Three
title: Critical Approaches; title: Characterisation
pagenum: 57; title: Themes
pagenum: 68; title: Facts & Figures
pagenum: 68; title: Fancy
pagenum: 69; title: Women's Lives
pagenum: 70; title: Letting Alone & Self-Reliance
pagenum: 71; title: Teaching
pagenum: 72; title: Work
pagenum: 73; title: Entertainment
pagenum: 74; title: Religion
pagenum: 75; title: Narrative Techniques
pagenum: 76; title: Structure
pagenum: 76; title: Time
pagenum: 77; title: Point of View
pagenum: 78; title: Language & Style
pagenum: 79; title: Imagery & Symbolism
pagenum: 82; label: Part Four
title: Textual Analysis; title: Text 1
pagenum: 85; title: Text 2
pagenum: 88; title: Text 3
pagenum: 92; label: Part Five
title: Background; title: Charles Dickens's Life & Work
pagenum: 96; title: His Literary Works
pagenum: 97; title: Historical Background
pagenum: 98; title: Industrial Background
pagenum: 98; title: Factory Accidents
pagenum: 99; title: Education
pagenum: 100; title: Utilitarianism
pagenum: 100; title: Circuses
pagenum: 101; title: Divorce
pagenum: 102; title: Literary Background
pagenum: 102; label: Part Six
title: Critical History & Broader Perspectives; title: Nineteenth-Century Views
pagenum: 104; title: Socialist Views
pagenum: 105; title: Hard Times as a Work of Art
pagenum: 106; title: Polyphony
pagenum: 107; title: Deconstruction
pagenum: 107; title: Feminist Criticism
pagenum: 108; title: Further Reading
pagenum: 109; title: Chronology
pagenum: 110; title: Literary Terms
pagenum: 113; title: Author of this Note
pagenum: 115