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.
| ISBN: | 9781138675605 |
| Publication date: | 12th December 2017 |
| Author: | JOHN Lucas |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 396 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: The Nineteenth-Century Novel |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary theory Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |