Dickens Adapted |
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| Editor:
| Glavin, John |
| Series title: | A Library of Essays on Charles Dickens Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-351-94456-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $52.95 |
Book Description:
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From their first appearance in print, Dickens's fictions have become a wellspring of inspiration for the full spectrum of genres: plays, films, television specials and series, operas, new novels and even miniature and model villages. The essays in this volume break from earlier mimetic accounts to take the new works seriously within their own generic and historical contexts and reveal an entirely 'other' Dickensian oeuvre: one that has perhaps made Dickens better known to an audience...
More DescriptionFrom their first appearance in print, Dickens's fictions have become a wellspring of inspiration for the full spectrum of genres: plays, films, television specials and series, operas, new novels and even miniature and model villages. The essays in this volume break from earlier mimetic accounts to take the new works seriously within their own generic and historical contexts and reveal an entirely 'other' Dickensian oeuvre: one that has perhaps made Dickens better known to an audience of non-readers than to those who know the books themselves.