The grotesque in the fiction of Charles Dickens and other 19th-century European novelists / / edited by Isabelle Hervouet-Farrar and Max Vega-Ritter

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.30094
• Soggetto topico: European fiction - 19th century - History and criticism; European fiction - 19th century
• Persona (resp. second.): Hervouet-FarrarIsabelle; Véga-RitterMax
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- PART II -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- PART III -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN -- CONCLUSION -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides an overview of the literary grotesque in 19th-century Europe, with special emphasis on Charles Dickens, whose use of this complex aesthetic category is thus addressed in relation with other 19th-century European writers. The crossing of geographical boundaries allows an in-depth study of the different modes of the grotesque found in 19th-century fiction. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the reasons behind the extensive use of such a favoured mode of expression. Inter.
• Titolo autorizzato: The grotesque in the fiction of Charles Dickens and other 19th-century European novelists
• ISBN: 1-4438-7405-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787454903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II