Innocent Abroad: Charles Dickens's American Engagements (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813153780)

In 1842, Victorian England's foremost novelist visited America, naively expecting both a return to Eden and an ideal republic that would demonstrate progress as a natural law. Instead, Charles Dickens suffered a traumatic disappointment that darkened his vision of society and human nature for the remainder of his career. His second tour, in 1867-68, ostensibly more successful, proved no antidote for the first. Using new materials-letters, diaries, and publishers' records-Jerome Meckier enumerat

Author: Jerome Meckier
ISBN-10: 0813153786
ISBN-13: 9780813153780
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d