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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew SandersPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.40cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.40cm Weight: 0.357kg ISBN: 9780198183549ISBN 10: 0198183542 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 30 September 1999 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: The Man from Nowhere 2: Signs of the Times 3: Telling of Two Cities 4: Simple Faith and Norman Blood: Dickens and Class 5: 'So Far Like the Present': Dickens and the Immediate Past Select Bibliography IndexReviews`The discussion of Paris and London is among the strongest in the book, and Sanders elegantly reveals some of the ways in which these cities, with their various histories and their different cityscapes, so strongly attracted the great Victorian writer. ... Sanders's book convincingly illustrates Dickens's qualifications for representing and engaging with the novelty of his own age. ...By so adeptly presenting his case, Sanders makes compelling claims for Dickens's continuing relevance and importance to our own age.' Tore Rem, September 2000 `most fasinating for its local discussion and its detail. The contexts in which Sanders situates the victorian writer are often revealing. ...The discussion of Dicken's petty-bourgeois attitudes against the background of the complex and changing perceptions of class in Victorian Britain is also among the most stimulating in the book. One of the things Sanders does very admirably is to normalize Dickens. That is, by conscientiously historicizing him, he shows a Dickens who is more representative than odd. ...The discussion of Dickens's relationship to eighteenth-century novelists such as Fielding and Smollett is also perceptive, and Sanders makes intelligent suggestions about what impact they had on Dickens's fiction.' Tore Rem, Sept 2000 `Sanders is astute in placing Dickens in relation to literary tradition.' Paul Schlicke, Review of English Studies, Vol. 52 `Dickens and the Spirit of the Age is historical criticism at its best. Sanders sails skilfully between the Scylla of dry-as-dust pedantry and the Charybdis of jargon-laden theorizing. Whereas all too many works of criticism over the past generation which purport to establish the relevance of Dickens to the modern reader lack the necessary ballast of sound historical awareness, Sanders brings depth and range of familiarity with nineteenth-century literature and culture which make this book constantly enlightening.' Paul Schlicke, Review of English Studies, Vol 52 `most fascinating for its local discussion and its detail.' Tore Rem, Notes and Queries, Vol.47, No.3, Sept. 00. `The discussion of Dicken's petty-bourgeois attitudes agains the background of the complex and changing perceptions of class in Victorian Britain is also among the most stimulating in the book./ One of the things Sanders does very admirably is to normalize Dickens.' Tore Rem, Notes and Queries, Vol.47, No.3, Sept. 00. `Sander's book convincingly illustrates Dickens's qualifications for representing and engaging with the novelty of his own age.' Tore Rem, Notes and Queries, Vol.47, No.3, Sept. 00. The discussion of Paris and London is among the strongest in the book, and Sanders elegantly reveals some of the ways in which these cities, with their various histories and their different cityscapes, so strongly attracted the great Victorian writer. ... Sanders's book convincingly illustrates Dickens's qualifications for representing and engaging with the novelty of his own age. ...By so adeptly presenting his case, Sanders makes compelling claims for Dickens's continuing relevance and importance to our own age. Tore Rem, September 2000 most fasinating for its local discussion and its detail. The contexts in which Sanders situates the victorian writer are often revealing. ...The discussion of Dicken's petty-bourgeois attitudes against the background of the complex and changing perceptions of class in Victorian Britain is also among the most stimulating in the book. One of the things Sanders does very admirably is to normalize Dickens. That is, by conscientiously historicizing him, he shows a Dickens who is more representative than odd. ...The discussion of Dickens's relationship to eighteenth-century novelists such as Fielding and Smollett is also perceptive, and Sanders makes intelligent suggestions about what impact they had on Dickens's fiction. Tore Rem, Sept 2000 Sanders is astute in placing Dickens in relation to literary tradition. Paul Schlicke, Review of English Studies, Vol. 52 Dickens and the Spirit of the Age is historical criticism at its best. Sanders sails skilfully between the Scylla of dry-as-dust pedantry and the Charybdis of jargon-laden theorizing. Whereas all too many works of criticism over the past generation which purport to establish the relevance of Dickens to the modern reader lack the necessary ballast of sound historical awareness, Sanders brings depth and range of familiarity with nineteenth-century literature and culture which make this book constantly enlightening. Paul Schlicke, Review of English Studies, Vol 52 most fascinating for its local discussion and its detail. Tore Rem, Notes and Queries, Vol.47, No.3, Sept. 00. The discussion of Dicken's petty-bourgeois attitudes agains the background of the complex and changing perceptions of class in Victorian Britain is also among the most stimulating in the book./ One of the things Sanders does very admirably is to normalize Dickens. Tore Rem, Notes and Queries, Vol.47, No.3, Sept. 00. Sander's book convincingly illustrates Dickens's qualifications for representing and engaging with the novelty of his own age. Tore Rem, Notes and Queries, Vol.47, No.3, Sept. 00. Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |