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First published in 1980, this book surveys Dickens' growing power to drive deep into the causes of his contemporary conditions. It reveals the importance of nature to Dickens as a rich metaphor of human freedom and potentiality, and emphasises his concern with time and the problems of freedom. The author considers the peculiarity of Dickens being unanimously acclaimed as a great writer considering the difficulty in placing him definitively within the literary tradition. The author argues Dickens was an isolated figure, indifferent to changing fashions and with a strong sense of the dignity of human nature and that this formed the basis of his character and writings.
- Author John Scott Lucas
- ISBN13 9781138675551
- ISBN10 1138675555
- Pages 392
- Published 2016
- Fecha de publicación 18/07/2016
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The Melancholy Man A Study of Dickens's Novels
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- John Scott Lucas
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- ROUTLEDGE (2016)
- 9781138675551



