| The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Dickens Contributor(s): Murray, Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826418821 ISBN-13: 9780826418821 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: A vital part of English literature's history, Charles Dickens is a natural choice for A Continuum's Bedside treatment, and Brian Murray, an expert on Dickens and 19th- and 20th-century British literature, is the perfect tour guide into the wonderful world of all things Dickensian. Featuring countless fun facts and 175 illustrations--including photos, stills, and cartoons--this is the perfect gift for the literature lover in your life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: 823.8 |
| LCCN: 2009011457 |
| Series: Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Bedside Dickens provides a lively look at this great novelist's life and career. It sheds light on his role as a polemicist and journalist and explores the way his work was long informed by his Christian faith. It also reveals his most persistent literary themes and provides a vivid sense of how, among his contemporaries, Dickens' vast success-and his radical politics-provoked both admiration and scorn. Dickens, this study reminds us, saw life as a battle, but as both a novelist and journalist he sought to provide a more hopeful worldview. He repeatedly satirized vice and folly, even as he urged his readers and the leaders of his day to be less selfish and narrow and to do good always. Chapters and topics include: Dickens and Animals; Christmas Stories; The Magnetizer; Dickens vs. Thackeray; A Christian Writer; Dickens Down Under; What Dickens Read; Dickens and Spontaneous Combustion; Dickens and Journalism; Dickens on the Couch. |
Contributor Bio(s): Murray, Brian: - Brian Murray is the author of H.G Wells and Charles Dickens: Literature and Life, and a contributor and adviser to the Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century and The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature. His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in a variety of scholarly and popular publications, including First Things, The Weekly Standard, and The Baltimore Sun. |