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Dickens and the Unreal City

Searching for Spiritual Significance in Nineteenth-Century London

September 15, 2008 | Hardcover
ISBN: 9780230545236
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Description

Dickens's London often acts as a complex symbol, composed of numerous sub-symbols, such as crowd, river, railway networks and police systems. This book is particularly interested in how Dickens's treatment of the city allows him to re-examine traditional Christian discourses on the issues of revelation, renunciation and regeneration.

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About this Author

KARL SMITH studied at St Andrews University, UK. He held a teaching fellowship at the University of Dundee for six years and is currently involved in educational work in Malawi. He has published articles inDickens Studies AnnualandDickensian, and an introduction and notes toDombey and Son.

ISBN: 9780230545236
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008-09-15

Reviews

"Smith's study is particularly valuable for the reminder it offers of the centrality of Christianity to Dickens's worldview. Even more valuable is the evidence Smith marshals regarding the prominent place Christianity continued to hold in various Victorian discourses in which we might not expect it to figure... Smith is an adept close reader of Dickens, and he makes a number of original and intelligent observations about the novels." --Tyson Stolte, University of British Columbia

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