Contributor
Swisher, Clarice, 1933-
Imprint:San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1998.
Description191 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:Charles Dickens: a biography. - Dickens as reformer and moralist / Joseph Gold. - Prison experiences in Dickens's novels / A. O. J. Cockshut. - Dickens's crusade for children / Arthur A. Adrian. - The transforming world in Dickens's novels / J. Hillis Miller. - Pickwick Papers reflects Dickens's developing talents / Philip Hobsbaum. - Fairy-tale form in A Christmas Carol / Harry Stone. - Dickens's philosophy of Christmas / Louis Cazamian. - A Christmas Carol criticizes England's economic system / Edgar Johnson. - Poverty in Oliver Twist / Humphry House. - The pattern of good and evil in Oliver Twist / Geoffrey Thurley. - Structure and theme in David Copperfield / T. A. Jackson. - Mr. Micawber: a comic character in David Copperfield / J. B. Priestley. - Social criticism in Hard Times / George Bernard Shaw. - Harsh truth in Hard Times / G. K. Chesterton. - A Tale of Two Cities: an appealing but flawed novel / John Gross. - Stylistic devices in A Tale of Two Cities / Sylvère Monod. - Fantasy and reality in Great Expectations / Paul Pickrel. - Multiple narratives in Great Expectations / Nicola Bradbury. - Repetition in Great Expectations / Douglas Brooks-Davies.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185) and index.
Bibliography Note:"Works by Charles Dickens": p. 186.
