Rereading the City/rereading Dickens: Representation, the Novel, and Urban RealismAMS Press, 2003 - 427 Seiten An interrogation of Dickens' London in a systematic reading. The author's discussions of the novels in their relation to the social, political, technological and scientific discourses of the time articulates metaphoric and mystic aspects of Dickens' urban realism. |
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... Society , however , inverts the values and identity of a city that makes money out of waste . Waste is a keyword in ... society . " 22 What distinguishes Dickens's moral art according to Barbara Hardy , " is his combination of social ...
... Society , however , inverts the values and identity of a city that makes money out of waste . Waste is a keyword in ... society . " 22 What distinguishes Dickens's moral art according to Barbara Hardy , " is his combination of social ...
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... society and the rules of representation of that society . Are knowledge of society and therefore the policies of government to be guided by statistics or inspired by poetry ? Must the fields of politics , science , and literature be ...
... society and the rules of representation of that society . Are knowledge of society and therefore the policies of government to be guided by statistics or inspired by poetry ? Must the fields of politics , science , and literature be ...
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... society : she surreptitiously takes the images for her dolls from society ladies at evening parties and displays them in the toy - shop window . This is a speculation in gazing that , like the novelist's , is profitable though illicit ...
... society : she surreptitiously takes the images for her dolls from society ladies at evening parties and displays them in the toy - shop window . This is a speculation in gazing that , like the novelist's , is profitable though illicit ...
Inhalt
Representing the City | 1 |
Reading and Legibility in Dickenss City | 40 |
The World Emporium of Dombey and | 142 |
Urheberrecht | |
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