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Author:

Sen, Sambudha.

Title:

London, radical culture, and the making of the Dickensian aesthetic / Sambudha Sen.

Publisher:

Ohio State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xii, 188 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Criticism and interpretation.
Thackeray, William Makepeace,--1811-1863--Criticism and interpretation.
Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Radicalism--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Dickens, Thackeray, and "the language of radicalism" -- The aesthetics and politics of caricature : Bleak house, Little Dorrit, and Vanity fair in relation to "radical expression" -- Re-visioning the city : the making of an urban aesthetic from Hogarth to the stereoscope -- Novelizing the city : Bleak house, Vanity fair, and the hybridizing challenge -- Radical culture, the city, and the problem of selfhood : Great expectations and Pendennis -- Working with fragments : Our mutual friend as a reflection on the popular aesthetic.

ISBN:

0814292933 (cd)
9780814292938 (cd)
0814211925 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814211922 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)788271829

LCCN:

2012007257

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)