Dickens and the City
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781472508980
Subjects: Dickens, charles, 1812-1870; City and town life in literature; England, in literature
Description: "Through a comprehensive study of Dickens' career this work examines the crucial role played by London in the character of the man and the development of his writing. It discusses the significance of Dickens' early childhood experience in moving to London, and the special place the city came to hold in his creative imagination throughout his life. Then, blending biography and literary analysis with urban and social history, Dr Schwarzbach traces the fascinating and often dramatic relationship of the novels to the ever changing Victorian urban scene. The novels emerge not only as valuable historical documents, astonishing in their comprehensiveness and accuracy of detail, but as a unique contribution to the growth of modern urban culture."--Bloomsbury Publishing.