Hilary M. Schor

Dickens and the Daughter of the House

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the role of 'legless angels' (George Orwell), 'angry women' and 'good daughters' in Dicken's narratives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780521440769
• ISBN-10: 0521440769
• Artikelnr.: 22436540

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Making Fictions: 1. The uncanny daughter: Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, and the progress of Little Nell
Part II. On Not Committing Adultery in the Novel: 2. Dombey and Son: the daughter's nothing
3. Hard Times and A Tale of Two Cities: the social inheritance of adultery
Part III. The Daughter's Portion: 4. Bleak House and the dead mother's property
5. Amy Dorrit's prison notebooks
Part IV. A Violent Conclusion: 6. In the shadow of Satis House: the woman's story in Great Expectations
7. Our Mutual Friend and the daughter's book of the dead
Notes
Index.