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Dickens on France: Fiction, Journalism and Travel Writing

Door John Edmondson

Categorie	Secundair
Boeknummer	#301768-KE2
Titel	Dickens on France: Fiction, Journalism and Travel Writing
Auteur	Edmondson, John (editor)
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Oxford : Signal Books
Jaar van uitgave	2006
ISBN10	1904955061
ISBN13	9781904955061
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original blue boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Charles Dickens, Francais naturalise, et Citoyen de Paris. This is how Dickens signed a letter from France to his friend John Forster in 1847. Behind the joke lay a fascination for French life and culture and a sense of affinity with the country that would take him back often and that would find expression in some of his finest work. Dickens on France brings together short stories, extracts from novels and travel writing. Among its journalistic highlights, are accounts of a train journey from London to Paris, a rough Channel crossing, the pleasures of Boulogne, and Parisian life in the 1850s and 1860s. Extracts from the travelogue Pictures from Italy, take us by coach from Paris to Marseille. The selected short stories include His Boots , a section of Mrs Lirriper's Legacy and The Boy at... (Lees verder) Mugby , and there are extracts from A Tale of Two Cities , Little Dorrit , Dombey and Son , Nicholas Nickleby , and Our Mutual Friend . Dickens was interested primarily in the character of places he visited, the behaviour of people he observed in them, and in the sensation and psychology of travelling. These preoccupations keep the writing fresh and accessible. It requires no leap through time to appreciate his musings on his fellow passengers, his reflections on sitting in a Paris cafe, his random exploration of city streets or small country towns, or his opposition to cultural bigotry. Infused with energy, perception and open-mindedness, this collection vividly evokes life in France and Britain in the nineteenth century and reminds us, however much progress we make, how little we change. Dickens on France is extensively annotated to provide historical and autobiographical contexts, and to highlight literary and other allusions. Brief chapter introductions and a general introduction to the volume, highlight key aspects of the selections and discuss the nature of Dickens's enduring relationship with France.
Pagina's	425
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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