Charles Dickens: David Copperfield/Great expectations
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Charles Dickens: David Copperfield/Great expectations
(Analysing texts)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
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.
目次
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.
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