ISBN-13: 9780393960693 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 776 str.
ISBN-13: 9780393960693 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 776 str.
"Backgrounds" provides readers with an understanding ofGreat Expectations's inception and internal chronology. A discussion of the public-reading version of the novel is also included. A wonderfully rich "Contexts" section collects thirteen pieces, centering on the novel's major themes: the link between author and hero and, relatedly, Victorian notions of gentility, snobbishness, and social mobility; the often brutal training, at home and at school, of children born around 1800; and the central issues of crime and punishment. "Criticism" gathers twenty-two assessments ofGreat Expectations, both contemporary and modern, which offer a range of perspectives on Dickens and his novel.