The Moral Art of Dickens: Essays [Hardcover]

Barbara Hardy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0485112744 | ISBN-13: 978-0485112740 | Publication Date: January 21, 2002 | Edition: 2nd

Professor Barbara Hardy is a noted critic of nineteenth-century fiction but her essays on Dickens have hitherto been scattered widely among critical journals and anthologies. The seven studies she has here collected, introduced, and in part revised, together make up a sustained exploration of the moral concern which informs the novelist's work and gives to his portrayal of society and the individual its unique quality. A general discussion of the moral nature of Dickens' art leads to a study of patterns of change and conversion and this in turn to a close examination of four representative novels: Pickwick Papers, Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Her critical concern is with the things that matter, the quality of the art of Dickens's moral vision."--Stephen Gill, Notes & Queries

"As always, Professor Hardy is delightful to read--clear, sensible, perceptive."--Durham University Journal

"Her critical concern is with the things that matter, the quality of the art of Dickens's moral vision."--Stephen Gill, Notes & Queries

About the Author

Barbara Hardy is a poet, autobiographer and novelist, as well as a critic whose books include three on George Eliot and three on Dickens. She is Emeritus Professor at Birkbeck, University of London, Honorary Professor of the University of Wales, Swansea, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the British Academy.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 178 pages
• Publisher: The Athlone Press; 2nd edition (January 21, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0485112744
• ISBN-13: 978-0485112740
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
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