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Record Nr.

UNINA9910552769103321

Autore

Sen Sambudha

Titolo

London, Radical Culture, and the Making of the Dickensian Aesthetic / Sambudha Sen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-8142-7027-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 188 p. :) : ill. ;

Disciplina

823/.809

Soggetti

Radicalism - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dickens, Thackeray, and "the language of radicalism" -- The aesthetics and politics of caricature : Bleak house, Little Dorrit, and Vanity fair in relation to "radical expression" -- Re-visioning the city : the making of an urban aesthetic from Hogarth to the stereoscope -- Novelizing the city : Bleak house, Vanity fair, and the hybridizing challenge -- Radical culture, the city, and the problem of selfhood : Great expectations and Pendennis -- Working with fragments : Our mutual friend as a reflection on the popular aesthetic.