Dickens and the CityA&C Black, 13 jan 2014 - 258 pagina's 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 The novels emerge not only as valuable historical documents, astonishing in their comprehensiveness and accuracy of detail, but as a unique contribution to the growth of modern urban culture. |
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Breakdown and Breakthrough | 69 |
Architecture and Accommodation | 80 |
The World Metropolis | 101 |
Homes for the Homeless | 114 |
The Industrial City | 143 |
Paradise Revisited | 172 |
The Changing City | 194 |
Dickens and the City | 213 |
A Note on George Scharf | 224 |
A Note on Sources and Further Reading | 225 |
Select Bibliography | 227 |
Notes | 235 |
Index | 255 |
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