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Charles Dickens in Context Edited by Sally Ledger and Holly Furneaux Frontmatter More Information Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-69821-5 - Charles Dickens in Context Edited by Sally Ledger and Holly Furneaux Frontmatter More information CHARLES DICKENS IN CONTEXT Charles Dickens, a man so representative of his age as to have become considered synonymous with it, demands to be read in context. Th is book illuminates the worlds – social, political, economic and artistic – in which Dickens worked. Dickens’s profes- sional life encompassed work as novelist, journalist, editor, public reader and passionate advocate of social reform. Th is volume off ers a detailed treatment of Dickens in each of these roles, exploring the central features of Dickens’s age, work and legacy, and uncovering sometimes surprising faces of the man and of the range of Dickens industries. Th rough forty-fi ve digestible short chapters written by a leading expert on each topic, a rounded picture emerges of Dickens’s engagement with his time, the infl uence of his works, and the ways he has been read, adapted and reimagined from the nineteenth century to the present. was the Hildred Carlile Chair in English at Royal Holloway, University of London. is Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Leicester. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-69821-5 - Charles Dickens in Context Edited by Sally Ledger and Holly Furneaux Frontmatter More information © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-69821-5 - Charles Dickens in Context Edited by Sally Ledger and Holly Furneaux Frontmatter More information CHARLES DICKENS IN CONTEXT S A L L Y L E D G E R AND H O L L Y F U R N E A U X © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-69821-5 - Charles Dickens in Context Edited by Sally Ledger and Holly Furneaux Frontmatter More information cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Mexico City Cambridge University Press Th e Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 8ru, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781107698215 © Cambridge University Press 2011 Th is publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2011 Reprinted 2012 First paperback edition 2013 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Charles Dickens in context / [edited by] Sally Ledger, Holly Furneaux. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-521-88700-7 (hardback) 1. Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870–Criticism and interpretation. I. Ledger, Sally. II. Furneaux, Holly. III. Title. pr4588.c3597 2011 823´.8–dc22 2011006726 isbn 978-0-521-88700-7 Hardback isbn 978-1-107-69821-5 Paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-69821-5 - Charles Dickens in Context Edited by Sally Ledger and Holly Furneaux Frontmatter More information for Sally Ledger in loving memory © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-69821-5 - Charles Dickens in Context Edited by Sally Ledger and Holly Furneaux Frontmatter More information © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-69821-5 - Charles Dickens in Context Edited by Sally Ledger and Holly Furneaux Frontmatter More information C o n t e n t s List of illustrations page xi N o t e s o n c o n t r i b u t o r s xiii P r e f a c e xix N o t e s o n r e f e r e n c e s xxi : Th e life of Dickens : before Ellen Ternan John Bowen Th e life of Dickens : after Ellen Ternan John Bowen D i c k e n s ’ s l i v e s Michael Slater Victorian stage adaptations and novel appropriations Anne Humpherys Reviewing Dickens in the Victorian periodical press John Drew Th e European context Michael Hollington M a j o r t w e n t i e t h - c e n t u r y c r i t i c a l r e s p o n s e s Toru Sasaki M o d e r n s t a g e a d a p t a t i o n s Tony Williams M o d e r n s c r e e n a d a p t a t i o n s Toru Sasaki vii © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-69821-5 - Charles Dickens in Context Edited by Sally Ledger and Holly Furneaux Frontmatter More information viii Contents Th e h e r i t a g e i n d u s t r y Juliet John N e o - V i c t o r i a n D i c k e n s C o r a K a p l a n : P o p u l a r c u l t u r e Paul Schlicke Th e rise of celebrity culture Joss Marsh Th e newspaper and periodical market John Drew A u t h o r s h i p a n d t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l w r i t e r Florian Schweizer Th e theatre Marty Gould M e l o d r a m a Juliet John Th e Bildungsroman Florian Schweizer V i s u a l c u l t u r e Kate Flint Th e historical novel Ian Duncan Th e illustrated novel Mary Elizabeth Leighton and Lisa Surridge C h r i s t m a s Sally Ledger C h i l d h o o d Holly Furneaux W o r k Martin Danahay © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-69821-5 - Charles Dickens in Context Edited by Sally Ledger and Holly Furneaux Frontmatter More information Contents ix E u r o p e Ruth Livesey Th e Victorians and America Ella Dzelzainis E d u c a t i n g t h e V i c t o r i a n s Patrick Brantlinger L o n d o n Anne Humpherys P o l i t i c s Michael Sanders P o l i t i c a l e c o n o m y Paul Young Th e aristocracy Andrew Sanders Th e middle classes Priti Joshi U r b a n m i g r a t i o n a n d m o b i l i t y Josephine McDonagh F i n a n c i a l m a r k e t s a n d t h e b a n k i n g s y s t e m Francis O’Gorman E m p i r e s a n d c o l o n i e s Grace Moore R a c e Priti Joshi C r i m e Anne Schwan Th e law Jan-Melissa Schramm R e l i g i o n Emma Mason S c i e n c e James Mussell © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-69821-5 - Charles Dickens in Context Edited by Sally Ledger and Holly Furneaux Frontmatter More information x Contents T r a n s p o r t Jonathan H. Grossman Illness, disease and social hygiene Janis McLarren Caldwell D o m e s t i c i t y Catherine Waters S e x u a l i t y Holly Furneaux G e n d e r i d e n t i t i e s C a t h e r i n e W a t e r s Further reading I n d e x © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-69821-5 - Charles Dickens in Context Edited by Sally Ledger and Holly Furneaux Frontmatter More information I l l u s t r a t i o n s Unless otherwise specifi ed, images are by generous courtesy of the Charles Dickens Museum, London. Charles Dickens in . From a photograph by Alphonse Maze, Paris, engraved by Edward Stodart. From Frederick G. Kitton, Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil (London: Sabin, Dexter, –). Courtesy of the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. page Charles Dickens and his dog, Turk. From a photograph by Mason & Co., engraved by Edward Stodart. From Frederick G. Kitton, Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil (London: Sabin, Dexter, –). Courtesy of the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. Dickens ‘alone’ on the steps of Gad’s Hill Place. From Frederick G. Kitton, Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil (London: Sabin, Dexter, –). Courtesy of the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington.
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