The Case of the Initial Letter: Charles Dickens and the Politics of the Dual Alphabet
Author:   Gavin Edwards
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9781526146298


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   28 July 2020
Format:   Hardback
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The Case of the Initial Letter: Charles Dickens and the Politics of the Dual Alphabet


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Author:   Gavin Edwards
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781526146298


ISBN 10:   1526146290
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   28 July 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction: The case of the initial letter 2 Typographic leveling in an age of revolution 3 The Land of Liberty 4 Dombey - and Son – and Daughter 5 People, things, and abstractions 6 Print capitalism 7 Freedom, Equality, Property and Bentham 8 Writin’large 9 PIP and D O C T O R M A R I G O L D 10 Dickens, the suffragists and proto-modernism Bibliography Index -- .

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'The Case of the Initial Letter is fundamentally an effort to redress 'the failure of literary critics and cultural historians to accord the dual alphabet the attention that it deserves'. With all the authority that upper-casing can muster, this is a Good Book.' Amanda Lastoria, Simon Fraser University, SHARP News -- .


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Gavin Edwards is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of South Wales

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