Dickens's Style (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 86)

Charles Dickens, Generally Regarded As The Greatest Novelist Of The Victorian Age, Was Known As 'the Inimitable', Not Least For His Distinctive Style Of Writing. This Collection Of Twelve Essays Addresses The Essential But Often Overlooked Subject Of Dickens's Style, With Each Essay Discussing A Particular Feature Of His Writing. All The Essays Consider Dickens's Style Conceptually, And They Read It Closely, Demonstrating The Ways It Works On Particular Occasions. They Show That Style Is Not Simply An Aesthetic Quality Isolated From The Deepest Meanings Of Dickens's Fiction, But That It Is Inextricably Involved With All Kinds Of Historical, Political And Ideological Concerns. Written In A Lively And Accessible Manner By Leading Dickens Scholars, The Collection Ranges Across All Dickens's Writing, Including The Novels, Journalism And Letters. -- Publisher's Description. Cover; Dickens's Style; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Editions And Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes; Chapter One Dickens's Umbrellas; Notes; Chapter Two Dickens By The Clock; Notes; Chapter Three Dickens's Rhythms; Notes; Chapter Four Spectres Of Style; Notes; Chapter Five Dickens And The Form Of The Historical Present; Dickens In The Old World And The New: American Notes And Pictures From Italy; The Chimes: The Making Of An Historical Present; Breaking News And The Present Tense; A Tale Of Two Cities: History Just About To Happen; Conclusion; Notes Chapter Six 'gigantic Domesticity': The Exaggeration Of Charles Dickensnotes; Chapter Seven Style And The Making Of Character In Dickens; Notes; Chapter Eight Snarling Charles: A Saxon Style Of Restraint; A Native Style; A Native Gruff Style; A Native Gruff Plain Style; Dickens's Aural Grotesque; The Browning Growl; At Home In The Growlery; The Breviloquence Of Brusque; Notes; Chapter Nine Compound Interest: Dickens's Figurative Style; Notes; Chapter Ten Reading The Book Of Himself: The Uncommercial Traveller And 'dickensian' Style; Notes; Chapter Eleven Lived Death: Dickens's Rogue Glyphs Noteschapter Twelve Dispensing With Style; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Series Edited By Daniel Tyler. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Dickens’s Style Series Title Copyright Contents Contributors Acknowledgements Editions and abbreviations Introduction Notes Chapter One Dickens’s umbrellas Notes Chapter Two Dickens by the clock Notes Chapter Three Dickens’s rhythms Notes Chapter Four Spectres of style Notes Chapter Five Dickens and the form of the historical present Dickens in the Old World and the New: American Notes and Pictures from Italy The Chimes: the making of an historical present Breaking news and the present tense A Tale of Two Cities: history just about to happen Conclusion Notes Chapter Six ‘Gigantic domesticity’: the exaggeration of Charles Dickens Notes Chapter Seven Style and the making of character in Dickens Notes Chapter Eight Snarling Charles: a Saxon style of restraint A native style A native gruff style A native gruff plain style Dickens’s aural grotesque The Browning growl At home in The Growlery The breviloquence of brusque Notes Chapter Nine Compound interest: Dickens’s figurative style Notes Chapter Ten Reading the book of himself: The Uncommercial Traveller and ‘Dickensian’ style Notes Chapter Eleven Lived death: Dickens’s rogue glyphs Notes Chapter Twelve Dispensing with style Notes Select bibliography Index Series Charles Dickens, generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian age, was known as 'The Inimitable', not least for his distinctive style of writing. This collection of twelve essays addresses the essential but often overlooked subject of Dickens's style, with each essay discussing a particular feature of his writing. All the essays consider Dickens's style conceptually, and they read it closely, demonstrating the ways it works on particular occasions. They show that style is not simply an aesthetic quality isolated from the deepest meanings of Dickens's fiction, but that it is inextricably involved with all kinds of historical, political and ideological concerns. Written in a lively and accessible manner by leading Dickens scholars, the collection ranges across all Dickens's writing, including the novels, journalism and letters.-- Résumé de l'éditeur "Anyone seriously interested in Dickens, especially anyone who cares about his language, will welcome the publication of Dickens's Style. The thirteen essays collected here bring a fresh and consistently illuminating perspective to bear on an aspect of Dickens that has largely been neglected or undervalued in most recent studies of his work ... Dickens's Style marks a valuable return to consideration of Dickens's language. As such, it is a useful reminder both of what makes Dickens distinctive and of how close reading at its best remains fundamental to an understanding of his work."-- Provided by Dickens Quarterly "Anyone seriously interested in Dickens, especially anyone who cares about his language, will welcome the publication of Dickens's Style. The thirteen essays collected here bring a fresh and consistently illuminating perspective to bear on an aspect of Dickens that has largely been neglected or undervalued in most recent studies of his work ... Dickens's Style marks a valuable return to consideration of Dickens's language. As such, it is a useful reminder both of what makes Dickens distinctive and of how close reading at its best remains fundamental to an understanding of his work."-- Provient de Dickens Quarterly Charles Dickens was known as 'The Inimitable', not least for his very distinctive way of writing. This collection of essays by leading scholars explores the variety, range and technical skill of Dickens's style, and shows how it is inextricably involved with all kinds of historical, political and ideological concerns.