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This book marks a new departure in the study of Dickens. The
authors make use of first-hand evidence of Dickens? actual methods
and conditions of work; much of this evidence is examined and
co-ordinated here for the first time. It includes Dickens? detailed
manuscript notes for novels, with a complete transcript of these
for every instalment and chapter of David Copperfield. Seven other
books are chosen, so that the different stages of his career and
different kinds of work are well represented. The volume
illustrates what modes of planning Dickens evolved as best suited
to his genius and to the demands of serial publication, monthly or
weekly; how he responded to the events of the day; and how he yet
managed to combine the freshness of this "periodical," almost
journalistic approach with the art of the novel.
This book marks a new departure in the study of Dickens. The
authors make use of first-hand evidence of Dickens' actual methods
and conditions of work; much of this evidence is examined and
co-ordinated here for the first time. It includes Dickens' detailed
manuscript notes for novels, with a complete transcript of these
for every instalment and chapter of David Copperfield. Seven other
books are chosen, so that the different stages of his career and
different kinds of work are well represented. The volume
illustrates what modes of planning Dickens evolved as best suited
to his genius and to the demands of serial publication, monthly or
weekly; how he responded to the events of the day; and how he yet
managed to combine the freshness of this "periodical", almost
journalistic approach with the art of the novel.
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Oliver Twist (Paperback)
Charles Dickens; Edited by Kathleen Tillotson; Introduction by Stephen Gill
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Oliver Twist is a classic tale of a boy of unknown parentage born
in a workhouse and brought up under the cruel conditions to which
pauper children were exposed in the Victorian England. With this
novel, Dickens did not merely write a topical satire on the
workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering
criminality. He created a moral fable about the survival of good, a
romance, and a gripping story in which he exploited suspense and
violence more effectively than any of his contemporaries. The new
Oxford World's Classics edition of Oliver Twist is based on the
authoritative Clarendon edition, which uses Dickens's revised text
of 1846. It includes his preface of 1841 in which he defended
himself against hostile criticism, and includes all twenty-four
original illustrations by George Cruikshank. Stephen Gill's
groundbreaking introduction gives a fascinating new account of the
novel. He also provides appendices on Dickens and Cruikshank, on
Dickens's Preface and the Newgate Novel Controversy, on Oliver
Twist and the New Poor Law, and on thieves' slang.
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Oliver Twist (Hardcover)
Charles Dickens; Edited by Kathleen Tillotson
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This collection of lectures, broadcasts, reviews, and articles
(several of which have not previously been published) embraces many
aspects of the English literary scene in the middle of the
nineteenth century. Though various in origin the collection has
this unity: it has been the constant concern of its authors for
many years that the great and lasting contribution of the
mid-Victorian period to our literature should be fully vindicated,
and its appraisal based upon secure foundations of critical
scholarship. The book has moreover an obvious connection with the
volume on the mid-nineteenth century which the Tillotsons are
preparing for the Oxford History of English Literature, though the
items included here are not samples of that history but rather
'milestones, or halting places, in the several ways that lead
towards it'. There are important studies of Carlyle, John Henry
Newman, Tennyson, Clough, Matthew Arnold, and George Eliot. These,
however, represent only one side of the book's interest, for there
are accounts of writers famous in their day, as Harriett Mozley and
Charlotte M. Yonge, but since the cross-currents at work in the
period, notably 'Writers and Readers in 1851', which vividly convey
much of the quality of the momentous years in which so many
masterpieces were produced. At several points indeed the volume
demonstrates that the truth about the literature of the nineteenth
century, in distinction (for the most part) to that of earlier
centuries, may be recovered complete.
This ninth volume presents about 1,100 letters, many unpublished, from the years 1859 to 1861. It records the writing of two major novels, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations; the planning and writing of a substantial amount of the three Christmas numbers of this period, `A Haunted House', `A Message from the Sea', and `Tom Tiddler's Ground'; and the establishment of All the Year Round as a new journal to succeed Household Words. It also shows Dickens's delight with his new Kentish home, Gad's Hill.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ The Letters Of Charles Dickens: 1836-1870; Volume 3 Of The
Letters Of Charles Dickens; Charles Dickens Charles Dickens,
Georgina Hogarth, Mary Dickens Chapman and Hall, 1882
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