Dickens Imagining Himself
Author | : Morris Golden |
Publisher | : University Press of America |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : 0819187402 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780819187406 |
Rating | : 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In Dickens Imagining Himself the author applies biographical materials to analysis of art by examining the way elements in Dicken's life led his imagination to shape his novels. This is a study of how Dickens' self-perceptions guided the patterns of six created worlds at significant points in his life. Contents: What Sort of Consanguinity; Barnaby Rudge: Two Cheers for Maturity; Martin Chuzzlewit: Ambiguously Whittington; David Copperfield: Memory and the Flow of Time; Bleak House: Passing the Bog; Great Expectations: Defining Estella; Our Mutual Friend: Reborn with Galatea; Eclectic Affinities; Notes; Index