Charles Dickens, A tale of two cities and the French Revolution

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Charles Dickens, A tale of two cities and the French Revolution

edited by Colin Jones, Josephine McDonagh and Jon Mee

(Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-204) and index

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Description

A Tale of Two Cities has always been one of Dickens's most popular texts. Using a variety of disciplinary approaches, this new collection of essays examines the origins of Dickens vision of the French Revolution, the literary power of the text itself, and its enduring place in British culture through stage and screen adaptations.

Table of Contents

  • List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction: A Tale of Two Cities in Context
  • C.Jones, J.McDonagh & J.Mee The New Philosophy: The Substance and the Shadow in A Tale of Two Cities
  • M.Philp The Redemptive Powers of Violence? Carlyle, Marx and Dickens
  • G.Stedman Jones A Genealogy of Dr Manette
  • K.Baker From the Old Bailey to Revolutionary France: The Trials of Charles Darnay
  • S.Ledger Face Value in A Tale of Two Cities
  • K.Elliot Counting on: A Tale of Two Cities
  • J.Bowen Mimi and the Matinee Idol: Martin-Harvey, Sydney Carton, and the Staging of A Tale of Two Cities , 1860-1939
  • J.Marsh Sanguine Mirages, Cinematic Dreams: Things Seen and Things Imagined in the 1917 Fox Feature Film A Tale of Two Cities
  • J.Buchanan with A.Newhouse Two Cities, Two Films
  • C.Barr Afterword
  • M.Wood Bibliography Index

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