LEADER 02745nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910813097203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611783518 010 $a1-281-78351-X 010 $a0-567-62030-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000541588 035 $a(EBL)436539 035 $a(OCoLC)271472163 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000205408 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12066570 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000205408 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10192897 035 $a(PQKB)10278990 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000303590 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12106827 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000303590 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10275959 035 $a(PQKB)10476948 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436539 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436539 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250800 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL178351 035 $a(OCoLC)893334250 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000541588 100 $a20710414d1970 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe moral art of Dickens $eessays /$fby Barbara Hardy 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aLondon $cAthlone Press$d1970 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 155 pages) 311 0 $a0-485-11274-4 311 0 $a0-485-12049-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; Introduction; Section One: General; 1. Society and the Individual; 2. The Change of Heart (I); 3. The Change of Heart (2); Section Two: Particular; 4. Pickwick Papers; 5. Martin Chuzzlewit; 6. David Copperfield; 7. Great Expectations 330 $aProfessor Barbara Hardy is a noted critic of nineteenth-century fiction but her essays on Dickens have hitherto been scattered widely among critical journals and anthologies. The seven studies she has here collected, introduced, and in part revised, together make up a sustained exploration of the moral concern which informs the novelist's work and gives to his portrayal of society and the individual its unique quality. A general discussion of the moral nature of Dickens' art leads to a study of patterns of change and conversion and this in turn to a close examination of four representative novels 606 $aDidactic fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEthics in literature 615 0$aDidactic fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEthics in literature. 676 $a823.8 676 $a823/.8 700 $aHardy$b Barbara Nathan$0165572 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813097203321 996 $aThe moral art of Dickens$94105351 997 $aUNINA