Dickens and the Politics of the Family

Auteur: Waters, Catherine (University of New England, Australia)
Editeur: Cambridge University Press
Close examination of Dickens's novels reveals a remarkable disjunction between his image as the quintessential celebrant of the hearth, and his interest in fractured families. Drawing upon feminist and new historicist methodologies, Catherine Waters argues that Dickens's novels record a shift in notions of the family.
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Close examination of Dickens's novels reveals a remarkable disjunction between his image as the quintessential celebrant of the hearth, and his interest in fractured families. Drawing upon feminist and new historicist methodologies, Catherine Waters argues that Dickens's novels record a shift in notions of the family.
ISBN / EAN 9780521021159
Auteur Waters, Catherine (University of New England, Australia)
Editeur Cambridge University Press