The Violent Effigy
A Study of Dickens' Imagination
An exploration of the strange poetry of Dickens's imagination by leading academic and critic John Carey.Setting aside the usual interpretations of Dickens's work, A Violent Effigy delves into the wonderful, terrible fantasy world it inhabited. It shows Dickens torn between the appeal of violence and a fanatical orderliness: he was attracted by characters who commit murder or burst into flame or want to eat one another, but also required people soaped and regimented. The children he created were either the pious gnomes beloved of Victorian readers or callous, sharp-nosed children who pick out adults by the odd personal atmospheres they carry a…
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Weitere Autoren: Carey, John
- ISBN: 978-0-571-28124-4
- EAN: 9780571281244
- Produktnummer: 13824092
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 301 KB
- Auflage: Main
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