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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790308903321

Autore

Jordan Joseph P. <1976->

Titolo

Dickens novels as verse [[electronic resource]] / Joseph P. Jordan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, N.J. ; ; Teaneck, N.J., : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-62329-3

9786613935748

1-61147-525-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Disciplina

823/.8

Soggetti

Repetition in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A tale of two cities -- Our mutual friend -- Great expectations.

Sommario/riassunto

Dickens Novels as Verse adds to Dickens criticism by being unlike most Dickens criticism. It argues that some of the great Dickens novels (A Tale of Two Cities, Our Mutual Friend and Great Expectations) are held together by book-length patterns in topics that, like alliteration in lyric verse, are non-signifying and do not reward interpretation, but that, by organizing the