Dickens and the Unreal City: Searching for Spiritual Significance in Nineteenth-Century London

By Karl Ashley Smith

Book Overview

Dickens's London often acts as a complex symbol, composed of numerous sub-symbols, such as crowd, river, railway networks and police systems. This book is particularly interested in how Dickens's treatment of the city allows him to re-examine traditional Christian discourses on the issues of revelation, renunciation and regeneration.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230545238
• ISBN13: 9780230545236
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"