Charles Dickens: A Literary Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780333557198)

This study of Dickens's career as a professional writer uses a range of material to describe and analyze the ways in which his work can be seen as a form of literary production. It thus offers a challenge to traditional accounts which stress the private nature of Dickens's genius. Smith focuses on the communal nature of Dickens's achievement in his struggles with publishers, the expectations of a vast public, and the demands of serialization.

Author: Grahame Smith
ISBN-10: 0333557190
ISBN-13: 9780333557198
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 03/08/1996
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.68h x 5.50w x 0.53d