The Curious World of Dickens
Autor Clive Hurst, Violet Molleren Limba Engleză Hardback – iun 2012
Charles Dickens is among the greatest English novelists, and the power of his prose can be found in his portrayals of the harsh social realities of his time, from the depiction of poverty-stricken orphan Oliver Twist to the squalor of the slums and skewering of the justice system in Bleak House.
Published to celebrate the twohundredth anniversary of Dickens’s birth, this book brings together quotations from Dickens’s novels and letters with photographs of their original covers and Victorian-era images—among them, prints, posters, and newspaper pieces—that shed light on the topics about which Dickens writes. Ordered by theme, the book covers such topics as schools in Victorian England, domestic entertainment, the introduction of the railroad, and the poor conditions in prisons and workhouses, which loom large in Dickens’s novels—and, indeed, his own childhood. Dickens was also an avid theater enthusiast who arranged productions and public readings of many of his works, and this book explores his role throughout his later years in adroitly adapting his novels for the stage.
The Curious World of Dickens breathes new life on this momentous occasion into the vibrant world inhabited by Dickens and his characters.
Published to celebrate the twohundredth anniversary of Dickens’s birth, this book brings together quotations from Dickens’s novels and letters with photographs of their original covers and Victorian-era images—among them, prints, posters, and newspaper pieces—that shed light on the topics about which Dickens writes. Ordered by theme, the book covers such topics as schools in Victorian England, domestic entertainment, the introduction of the railroad, and the poor conditions in prisons and workhouses, which loom large in Dickens’s novels—and, indeed, his own childhood. Dickens was also an avid theater enthusiast who arranged productions and public readings of many of his works, and this book explores his role throughout his later years in adroitly adapting his novels for the stage.
The Curious World of Dickens breathes new life on this momentous occasion into the vibrant world inhabited by Dickens and his characters.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781851243846
ISBN-10: 1851243844
Pagini: 108
Ilustrații: 95 color plates
Dimensiuni: 191 x 191 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Colecția Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
ISBN-10: 1851243844
Pagini: 108
Ilustrații: 95 color plates
Dimensiuni: 191 x 191 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Colecția Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Notă biografică
Clive Hurst is head of rare books at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. He is coeditor of the Oxford World’s Classics edition of Charles Dickens’s Barnaby Rudge. Violet Moller is a freelance writer and researcher.
Cuprins
Foreword
Introduction
Introduction
1. Dickens and Education
2. London
3. The Diversions of London
4. Domestic Entertainment
5. Performing Dickens
6. Crime and Punishment
7. Prisons and Workhouses
8. The Coming of the Railways
9. Food
10. Publishing Dickens
11. The Christmas Books
Sources and Further Reading
Index
Recenzii
“Dickens had an uncanny way of writing everyday life into his novels, and Hurst and Moller’s beautifully illustrated book . . . shows how integral Dickens’s everyday world was to the creation of his texts. . . . An interesting and tactile look at the intersections between Dickens’s literary world and the everyday world in which he lived.”