| Description |
iv, 123 pages 21 cm. |
| Series |
Twentieth century interpretations |
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A Spectrum book
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Twentieth century interpretations.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Paul Edward Gray -- [Part One. Interpretations] -- The battle for Preston / K.J. Fielding -- Politics / Humphry House -- Good intentions and bad results / Philip Collins -- Hard times : the problems of a weekly serial / John Butt and Kathleen Tillotson -- Critique of materialism / Edgar H. Johnson -- Hard times -- Dickens's masterpiece? / A.O.J. Cockshut -- The social microcosmic pattern / Earle Davis -- Dickens as social novelist / Sylvere Monod -- The rhetoric of Hard times / David Lodge -- [Part Two. Viewpoints] -- George Gissing -- G.K. Chesterton -- George Bernard Shaw -- George Orwell -- K.J. Fielding -- J. Hillis Miller -- Lionel Stevenson. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
Dickens' attack on the abuses of the industrial revolution is evaluated by a group of distinguished critics and commentators. |
| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Hard times.
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Social problems in literature.
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Authors, English -- 19th century -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Hard times.
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Hard times (Dickens, Charles) (OCoLC)fst01356081
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Authors, English. (OCoLC)fst00821945
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Social problems in literature. (OCoLC)fst01122806
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Hard times.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Indexed Term |
Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 |
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Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Hard times |
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Social problems in literature |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Author |
Gray, Paul Edward, compiler.
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| Added Title |
Hard times |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Gray, Paul Edward. Twentieth century interpretations of Hard times. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1969] (OCoLC)563207735 |
| ISBN |
0133840247 |
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9780133840247 |
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