Bibliograph

David Copperfield, authoritative text, backgrounds, criticism, Charles Dickens ; edited by Jerome H. Buckley

Type

Label

David Copperfield, authoritative text, backgrounds, criticism, Charles Dickens ; edited by Jerome H. Buckley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 853-854)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

David Copperfield

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

18682756

Responsibility statement

Charles Dickens ; edited by Jerome H. Buckley

Series statement

A Norton critical edition

Sub title

authoritative text, backgrounds, criticism

Summary

Presents the comprehensive annotated text of Charles Dickens' classic novel and includes a collection of twelve critical essays on the work along with passages from his letters relating to David Copperfield

Table Of Contents

THE TEXT OF DAVID COPPERFIELD -- BACKGROUNDS -- The autobiographical fragment -- Passages from Dickens' letters relating to David Copperfield -- Excerpt from Little Dorrit, chapter XIII -- CRITICISM -- David, less and more than Dickens / John Forester -- Mr. Creakle and the Irish / Matthew Arnold -- The art of "the crowded novel" / E.K. Brown -- The undisciplined heart of David Copperfield / Gwendolyn B. Needham -- The theme of David Copperfield / Monroe Engel -- Dickens' novel of memory / J. Hillis Miller -- David Copperfield as psychological fiction / Mark Spilka -- Fairy tales and ogres : Dickens' imagination and David Copperfield / Harry Stone -- David's vocation as a novelist: frustration and resolution in David Copperfield / Bert G. Hornback -- Mr. Micawber's novel / Garrett Stewart -- Autobiography into autobiography / Robert L. Patten -- A novelist's wish / Alexander Welsh -- A chronology of Dickens' life and works

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