Readings on A tale of two cities / Don Nardo, book editor.

Contributor Nardo, Don, 1947-

Imprint:San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1997.

Description1176 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:The promise of a better future: Dickens and A Tale of Two Cities. - Dickens's use of the motif of imprisonment / Edgar Johnson. - Acceptable and unacceptable violence in A Tale of Two Cities / John Kucich. - Recurring metaphors of water and death by drowning / Garrett Stewart. - Public execution in A Tale of Two Cities / Catherine Gallagher. - Dickens's odd use of Christian themes in Tale / Angus Wilson. - Ultimate justice over injustice in A Tale of Two Cities / John R. Reed. - Dickens's characters are fantasy versions of real people / Leonard Manheim. - Charles Darnay: a most unromantic romantic hero / Edwin M. Eigner. - Dr. Manette's escape from prison to freedom / Jack Lindsay. - The members of Dickens's crowd act as a single character / David Craig. - Dickens's and Carlyle's visions of an inhumane society / David D. Marcus. - Generational conflict in Dickens's Tale / Albert D. Hutter. - The social collective versus the individual in A Tale of Two Cities / Cates baldridge. - Cyclical history in A Tale of Two Cities / Elliot L. Gilbert. - A Tale of Two Cities as great drama / Richard J. Dunn. - Dickens's Tale attempts to break history's chain of violence / J.M. Rignall.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171) and index.

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