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The Textual Life of Dickens's Characters

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. James A. Davies

    1. University College, Swansea, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction — Some Sketches By Boz

    • James A. Davies
    Pages 1-21

  3. Modifying Summaries

    • James A. Davies
    Pages 22-56

  4. Narrators

    • James A. Davies
    Pages 57-109

  5. Two Re-readers

    • James A. Davies
    Pages 110-130

  6. Characterisation and Ideas in Little Dorrit: Clennam and Calvinism

    • James A. Davies
    Pages 131-150

  7. Characterisation and Structure: John Harmon in Our Mutual Friend

    • James A. Davies
    Pages 151-163

  8. Story and Text

    • James A. Davies
    Pages 164-170

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 171-187
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By focusing on selected characters and characterizations from all stages of Dickens' literary career, both fiction and non-fiction, this book looks at the thematic significance of the modern distinction between story and text.

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  • University College, Swansea, UK

    James A. Davies

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