Charles Dickens: David Copperfield/ Great Expectations

ISBN-13: 9781137283245 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 232 str.

Nicolas Tredell

Opis

David Copperfield and Great Expectations are among Charles Dickens's most famous novels. In both books, the hero tells the vivid and absorbing tale of his education by life, presents a rich range of characters and scenes, and tackles profound moral, social and psychological themes.
Part I of this essential study:
provides lucid and penetrating analyses of key passages
discusses the crucial topics of patriarchy, class, obsession, eccentricity, death, breakdown and recovery
summarizes the methods of analysis and offers suggestions for further work.
Part II supplies key background material, including:
an account of Dickens's life and works
a survey of historical, cultural and literary contexts
samples of significant criticism.
Also featuring a valuable Further Reading section, this volume provides readers with the critical and analytical skills which will enable them to enjoy and explore both novels for themselves.
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Spis treści

General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Note on Quotations Introduction PART I: ANALYSING 'DAVID COPPERFIELD' AND 'GREAT EXPECTATIONS' 1. Introduction 2. Sons and Patriarchs 3. Ladies and Gentlemen 4. Obsessives and Eccentrics 5. Moments of Truth 6. Dying in Style 7. Breakdown and Recovery PART II: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICS 8. Charles Dickens: Life and Works 9. The Historical, Cultural and Literary Context 10. A Sample of Critical Views 11. Further Reading Index.

O autorze

Nicolas Tredell is a freelance writer and formerly taught Literature, Film, Drama and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. He is the series editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism series and the author of the Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby/Tender is the Night volume in the Analysing Texts series.