Martin Chuzzlewit
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Martin Chuzzlewit
（Routledge library editions, . Charles Dickens ; v. 10）
Routledge, 2009, c1985
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Originally published: London : Allen & Unwin, 1985
Bibliography: p. [199]-205
Chronology: p. [206]-207
Includes index
ISBN for subseries: 9780415435956, 0415435951
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Although enjoyed my many as a masterpiece of Dickens' comic writing, Martin Chuzzlewit has long been underrated by professional critics. This volume redresses the balance by devoting its attention to a full critical discussion of the novel and by including a full survey of the critical positions held in the past.
As well as discussing the themes of selfishness and hypocrisy, the history of the text is also explored, as is the complex relationship between Dickens and the United States which played a great part in the development of the novel and exerted considerable influence on it early reception.
Table of Contents
1. Dickens' Pre-Chuzzlewit Days 2. The Text and Its Variations 3. Starting the Machinery (Chapters I-XIV) 4. The American Episodes 5. Mrs Gamp and Mrs Harris 6. Pecksniffery 7. Crime and Punishment 8. The "Stock of the Soup" Thickens 9. The Salt of Pinch 10. The Evolution of Dickens' with Martin Chuzzlewit 11. External and Additional Material 12. Martin Chuzzlewit and its Readers: Purpose and Achievement
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