Smith Dickens and the Unreal City

Searching for Spiritual Significance in Nineteenth-Century London
2008
ISBN: 978-0-230-58325-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten, eBook

Dickens's London often acts as a complex symbol, composed of numerous sub-symbols, such as crowd, river, railway networks and police systems. This book is particularly interested in how Dickens's treatment of the city allows him to re-examine traditional Christian discourses on the issues of revelation, renunciation and regeneration.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Reading Dickens's Novels After The Waste Land 'A revelation by which men are to guide themselves': Dickens and Christian Theology 'The debilitated old house in the city': London as Haunted House 'A great (and dirty) city': London's Dirt and the Terrors of Obscurity 'Angel and devil by turns': The Detective Figure in Bleak House 'A road of ashes': London's Railways and the Providential Timetable 'The secrets of the river': The Thames within London 'A dream of demon heads and savage eyes': The Metropolitan Crowd Conclusion: 'What is the city over the mountains?' Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

KARL SMITH studied at St Andrews University, UK. He held a teaching fellowship at the University of Dundee for six years and is currently involved in educational work in Malawi. He has published articles in Dickens Studies Annual and Dickensian , and an introduction and notes to Dombey and Son .