Texts, Contexts and Intertextuality: Dickens as a Reader

By Norbert Lennartz

While Dickens used to be seen as a writer of shallow and sentimental children's literature, as the prolific caterer to the new market of mass literature, this collection of essays shows that Dickens was not only a reader of high-brow literature, but also expected his readers to understand them in the context of contemporary scientifi

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3847102869
• ISBN13: 9783847102861
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: V&R Unipress
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"