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CHARLES DICKENS WORK
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CHARLES DICKENS WORKS
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9780198185062
Publication Year
2000
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Textbook
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Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Name
Other Dickens : Pickwick to Chuzzlewit
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0.7in
Author
John Bowen
Item Length
8.9in
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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5.7in
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15 Oz
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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In the first half of his career, Dickens wrote some of the most important novels of the nineteenth century, including The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, and Martin Chuzzlewit. They are exorbitant and transgressive books, with an inventive comic force unprecedented in the English novel. In this, the first full-length study for thirty years, John Bowen blends contemporary theory and historical awareness to argue that they are radical in both political and fictional terms. With a tactful use of contemporary critical theory, he shows how their often uncanny power disturbs and transforms our ways of understanding Dickens's work and his place in the history of the novel.

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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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0198185065
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9780198185062
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Author
John Bowen
Publication Name
Other Dickens : Pickwick to Chuzzlewit
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.7in
Item Weight
15 Oz

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Pr4588.B69 2000
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'Bowens account faithfully conveys their anarchic humour, their exorbitantvitality and the intense pleasure of reading them ... Bowens precise anddetailed attention to the imaginative power of rhetorical figures produces someof the most richly suggestive criticism in the book ... His study as a wholecompellingly demonstrates the extent to which Dickenss early fictions - "theseother, wilder, freer ethical texts" - anticipate the theoretical developmentsboth of his day and our own.'Catherine Waters, Australasian Victorian Studies Journal, ''takes ... readers ... into the books in intriguing ways. His forays into character names ... abetted by a rigorous exercise of the Oxford English Dictionary, are dazzling and delightful. What emerges is a fresh look at, and often a new appreciation for, the fertility of Dickens'simagination and the complexity of the novels. This is an indispensable work for all students of Dickens but most especially for those weary of studies that are mere mechanical application of the latest critical fad.'' J.D. Vann, Choice, July/Aug. 2000., one of the best books to be published on Dickens for some time ... Bowen combines real scholarship with analytical sophistication ... His principled eclecticism results in marvelously diverse and stimulating readings of the novels ... the exuberance, confidence and fluency of the prose suggests the experience of reading a Dickens novel ... Bowen is throughout engaged, excited, and inspired, 'His study as a whole compellingly demonstrates the extent to whichDickens's early fictions - "these other, wilder, freer ethical texts" -anticipate the theoretical developments both of his day and our own.'Catherine Waters, Australasian Victorian Studies Journal 7, 'His study as a whole compellingly demonstrates the extent to which Dickens's early fictions - "these other, wilder, freer ethical texts" - anticipate the theoretical developments both of his day and our own.'Catherine Waters, Australasian Victorian Studies Journal 7,Disclaiming the adoption of any single, coherent, theoretical approach, the book is nevertheless distinguished throughout by the influence of Derrida, Bakhtin and Freud. These influences fuel its pervasive delight in linguistic play and the carnivalesque - in punning, hyperbole, excess, hybridity - and its focus on the transformational energies of Dickenss writing. But in utilising these broadly deconstructive approaches, Bowen never allows them to outplay thewriting itself. Reading the novels in sequence, his aim is to "witness to each texts singular force" while showing the various ways in which these novels "enact one of the more sustained projects oftextual experimentation in the language". And he succeeds ...The books ... approach yields some fresh and incisive readings of the novel ...'Bowens account faithfully conveys their anarchic humour, their exorbitant vitality and the intense pleasure of reading them ... Bowens precise and detailed attention to the imaginative power of rhetorical figures produces some of the most richly suggestive criticism in the book ... His study as a whole compellingly demonstrates the extent to which Dickenss early fictions - "these other, wilder, freer ethical texts" - anticipate the theoretical developmentsboth of his day and our own.'Catherine Waters, Australasian Victorian Studies Journal'On the book's dust-jacket, Robert Patten is quoted, declaring bowen to be 'the freshest new voice on Dickens for decades, a reader for the new millennium.' That seems to me a judgement with which many readers of Other Dickens are certain to agree.'Paul Schlicke, The Review of English Studies'one of the best books on Dickens to be published for some time. ... Bowen combines real scholarship with analytical sophistication. In the current climate in Dickens studies, where critics tend to read Dickens either against or with the grain, Bowen's insistence on doing both is as refreshing as it is important. ... Other Dickens is picaresque criticism; the exuberance, confidence and fluency of its prose suggests the experience of reading a Dickens novelwhile lacking the attention-seeking gimmicks of comparable attempts to bring the jollity back to Dickens criticism. ... Bowen is throughout engaged, excited, and inspired by the texture of Dickens'sprose, whether analysing (fascinating) paratextual or novelistic material.''Juliet John, March 2001''takes ... readers ... into the books in intriguing ways. His forays into character names ... abetted by a rigorous exercise of the Oxford English Dictionary, are dazzling and delightful. What emerges is a fresh look at, and often a new appreciation for, the fertility of Dickens's imagination and the complexity of the novels. This is an indispensable work for all students of Dickens but most especially for those weary of studies that are mere mechanicalapplication of the latest critical fad.'' J.D. Vann, Choice, July/Aug. 2000., Disclaiming the adoption of any single, coherent, theoretical approach, the book is nevertheless distinguished throughout by the influence of Derrida, Bakhtin and Freud. These influences fuel its pervasive delight in linguistic play and the carnivalesque - in punning, hyperbole, excess,hybridity - and its focus on the transformational energies of Dickenss writing. But in utilising these broadly deconstructive approaches, Bowen never allows them to outplay the writing itself. Reading the novels in sequence, his aim is to "witness to each texts singular force" while showing thevarious ways in which these novels "enact one of the more sustained projects of textual experimentation in the language". And he succeeds ...The books ... approach yields some fresh and incisive readings of the novel ..., exhilarating and unfailingly interesting ... an impressive and noteworthy book ... Bowen's is the work of a restless, fresh, and lively young intelligence., 'one of the best books on Dickens to be published for some time. ... Bowen combines real scholarship with analytical sophistication. In the current climate in Dickens studies, where critics tend to read Dickens either against or with the grain, Bowen's insistence on doing both is asrefreshing as it is important. ... Other Dickens is picaresque criticism; the exuberance, confidence and fluency of its prose suggests the experience of reading a Dickens novel while lacking the attention-seeking gimmicks of comparable attempts to bring the jollity back to Dickens criticism. ...Bowen is throughout engaged, excited, and inspired by the texture of Dickens's prose, whether analysing (fascinating) paratextual or novelistic material.''Juliet John, March 2001, What emerges is a fresh look at, and often a new appreciation for, the fertility of Dickens's imagination and the complexity of the novels. This is an indispensable work for all students of Dickens but most especially for those weary of studies that are mere mechanical application of the latest critical fad., Bowen's determination to look more sympathetically at the early novels ... pays high dividends ... [an] excellent study., Engaging and singularly jargon-free ... Bowen proves himself more alert to the paradoxes and inner contradictions of Dickens's writing than any commentator since G. K. Chesterton ... He responds with sensitivity and shrewd intelligence to the sheer plenitude of Dickens's imagination ... On the books dust-jacket, Robert Patten is quoted, declaring Bowen to be "the freshest new voice on Dickens for decades, a reader for the new millennium". That seems to me a judgement with which many readers of Other Dickens are certain to agree., 'On the book's dust-jacket, Robert Patten is quoted, declaring bowen to be'the freshest new voice on Dickens for decades, a reader for the newmillennium.' That seems to me a judgement with which many readers of OtherDickens are certain to agree.'Paul Schlicke, The Review of English Studies, John Bowens Other Dickens is a book I wish I had written ... The studies of each novel are first-rate - strong enough in each instance to stand alone as a critical essay - and the voice articulate and insightful., Dickens emerges, not as a clown and conjuror ... but as a major radical voice ... Seldom has Boz seemed more frighteningly coherent., "Stunningly mature and original in its theoretically-engaged and engaging readings, pliant and appreciative in its judgments, Other Dickens reintroduces the early novels with captivating intelligence and brio. Bowen's seems to me the freshest new voice on Dickens in decades, a reader for the new millennium."--Robert L. Patten, Rice University "Bowen's determination to look more sympathetically at the early novels...pays high dividends.... [An] excellent study."--John Lucas, Journal of Victorian Culture "Engaging and singularly jargon-free...Bowen proves himself more alert to the paradoxes and inner contradictions of Dickens's writing than any commentator since G. K. Chesterton.... He responds with sensitivity and shrewd intelligence to the sheer plenitude of Dickens's imagination."--Paul Schlicke, Review of English Studies "Excellent...the acuteness of the book's judgements, the breadth of its theoretical and literary reference, and the originality of its ideas combine to make Other Dickens a singular achievement and an important and enduring contribution to the critical literature on Dickens."--John O. Jordan, Victorian Studies "His forays into character names...are dazzling and delightful. What emerges is a fresh look at, and often a new apprecition for, the fertility of Dickens's imagination and the complexity of the novels. This is an indispensable work for all students of Dickens but most especially for those weary of studies that are more mechanical application of the latest critical fad."--Choice "Dickens emerges, not as a clown and conjuror...but as a major radical voice.... Masterly... eloquent... passionate."--Jonathan Keates, Times Literary Supplement "Exhilarating and unfailingly interesting. It is in short an impressive and noteworthy book.... [Bowen's] book may be read as a series of well researched essays, open to all general readers. That he also includes, clarifies, and makes available to us singular and several kinds of meanings in the texts, that is its special value. Bowen's is the work of a restless, fresh, and lively young intelligence." --Dickens Forum "Bowen's work is a pleasure to read, full of witty and elegant prose, good jokes, sound information and perceptive commentary. Bowen offers a persuasive vision of Dickens's early novels as anti-coherent, not in the sense of not making sense, but in the sense of being politically and formally radical experiments in narrative."--Studies in English Literature "One of the best books to be published on Dickens for some time.... Bowen combines real scholarship with analytical sophistication.... His principled eclecticism results in marvellously diverse and stimulating readings of the novels ...the exuberance, confidence and fluency of the prose suggests the experience of reading a Dickens novel.... Bowen is throughout engaged, excited, and inspired."--Juliet John, Notes and Queries "An infectiously energetic, affirmative piece of work, and makes thoroughly persuasive claims for the high merits of each of the first six novels... Certainly, this is a book worth having."--Dominic Rainsford, Dickensian, excellent ... the acuteness of the book's judgements, the breadth of its theoretical and literary reference, and the originality of its ideas combine to make Other Dickens a singular achievement and an important and enduring contribution to the critical literature on Dickens., ... this book could trigger a productive reconsideration of literary history and the history of the novel genre., 'On the book's dust-jacket, Robert Patten is quoted, declaring bowen to be 'the freshest new voice on Dickens for decades, a reader for the new millennium.' That seems to me a judgement with which many readers of Other Dickens are certain to agree.'Paul Schlicke, The Review of English Studies, 'On the book's dust-jacket, Robert Patten is quoted, declaring Bowen to be 'the freshest new voice on Dickens for decades, a reader for the new millennium.' That seems to me a judgement with which many readers of Other Dickens are certain to agree.'Paul Schlicke, The Review of English Studies, "Stunningly mature and original in its theoretically-engaged and engaging readings, pliant and appreciative in its judgments, Other Dickens reintroduces the early novels with captivating intelligence and brio. Bowen's seems to me the freshest new voice on Dickens in decades, a reader for the new millennium."--Robert L. Patten, Rice University"Bowen's determination to look more sympathetically at the early novels...pays high dividends.... [An] excellent study."--John Lucas, Journal of Victorian Culture"Engaging and singularly jargon-free...Bowen proves himself more alert to the paradoxes and inner contradictions of Dickens's writing than any commentator since G. K. Chesterton.... He responds with sensitivity and shrewd intelligence to the sheer plenitude of Dickens's imagination."--Paul Schlicke, Review of English Studies"Excellent...the acuteness of the book's judgements, the breadth of its theoretical and literary reference, and the originality of its ideas combine to make Other Dickens a singular achievement and an important and enduring contribution to the critical literature on Dickens."--John O. Jordan, Victorian Studies"His forays into character names...are dazzling and delightful. What emerges is a fresh look at, and often a new apprecition for, the fertility of Dickens's imagination and the complexity of the novels. This is an indispensable work for all students of Dickens but most especially for those weary of studies that are more mechanical application of the latest critical fad."--Choice"Dickens emerges, not as a clown and conjuror...but as a major radical voice.... Masterly... eloquent... passionate."--Jonathan Keates, Times Literary Supplement"Exhilarating and unfailingly interesting. It is in short an impressive and noteworthy book.... [Bowen's] book may be read as a series of well researched essays, open to all general readers. That he also includes, clarifies, and makes available to us singular and several kinds of meanings in the texts, that is its special value. Bowen's is the work of a restless, fresh, and lively young intelligence." --Dickens Forum"Bowen's work is a pleasure to read, full of witty and elegant prose, good jokes, sound information and perceptive commentary. Bowen offers a persuasive vision of Dickens's early novels as anti-coherent, not in the sense of not making sense, but in the sense of being politically and formally radical experiments in narrative."--Studies in English Literature"One of the best books to be published on Dickens for some time.... Bowen combines real scholarship with analytical sophistication.... His principled eclecticism results in marvellously diverse and stimulating readings of the novels ...the exuberance, confidence and fluency of the prose suggests the experience of reading a Dickens novel.... Bowen is throughout engaged, excited, and inspired."--Juliet John, Notes and Queries"An infectiously energetic, affirmative piece of work, and makes thoroughly persuasive claims for the high merits of each of the first six novels... Certainly, this is a book worth having."--Dominic Rainsford, Dickensian, "Stunningly mature and original in its theoretically-engaged and engaging readings, pliant and appreciative in its judgments, Other Dickens reintroduces the early novels with captivating intelligence and brio. Bowen's seems to me the freshest new voice on Dickens in decades, a reader for the new millennium."--Robert L. Patten, Rice University "Bowen's determination to look more sympathetically at the early novels...pays high dividends.... [An] excellent study."--John Lucas, Journal of Victorian Culture "Engaging and singularly jargon-free...Bowen proves himself more alert to the paradoxes and inner contradictions of Dickens's writing than any commentator since G. K. Chesterton.... He responds with sensitivity and shrewd intelligence to the sheer plenitude of Dickens's imagination."--Paul Schlicke, Review of English Studies "Excellent...the acuteness of the book's judgements, the breadth of its theoretical and literary reference, and the originality of its ideas combine to make Other Dickens a singular achievement and an important and enduring contribution to the critical literature on Dickens."--John O. Jordan, Victorian Studies "His forays into character names...are dazzling and delightful. What emerges is a fresh look at, and often a new apprecition for, the fertility of Dickens's imagination and the complexity of the novels. This is an indispensable work for all students of Dickens but most especially for those weary of studies that are more mechanical application of the latest critical fad."-- Choice "Dickens emerges, not as a clown and conjuror...but as a major radical voice.... Masterly... eloquent... passionate."--Jonathan Keates, Times Literary Supplement "Exhilarating and unfailingly interesting. It is in short an impressive and noteworthy book.... [Bowen's] book may be read as a series of well researched essays, open to all general readers. That he also includes, clarifies, and makes available to us singular and several kinds of meanings in the texts, that is its special value. Bowen's is the work of a restless, fresh, and lively young intelligence." -- Dickens Forum "Bowen's work is a pleasure to read, full of witty and elegant prose, good jokes, sound information and perceptive commentary. Bowen offers a persuasive vision of Dickens's early novels as anti-coherent, not in the sense of not making sense, but in the sense of being politically and formally radical experiments in narrative."-- Studies in English Literature "One of the best books to be published on Dickens for some time.... Bowen combines real scholarship with analytical sophistication.... His principled eclecticism results in marvellously diverse and stimulating readings of the novels ...the exuberance, confidence and fluency of the prose suggests the experience of reading a Dickens novel.... Bowen is throughout engaged, excited, and inspired."--Juliet John, Notes and Queries "An infectiously energetic, affirmative piece of work, and makes thoroughly persuasive claims for the high merits of each of the first six novels... Certainly, this is a book worth having."--Dominic Rainsford, Dickensian, "Stunningly mature and original in its theoretically-engaged and engaging readings, pliant and appreciative in its judgments,Other Dickensreintroduces the early novels with captivating intelligence and brio. Bowen's seems to me the freshest new voice on Dickens in decades, a reader for the new millennium."--Robert L. Patten, Rice University "Bowen's determination to look more sympathetically at the early novels...pays high dividends.... [An] excellent study."--John Lucas,Journal of Victorian Culture "Engaging and singularly jargon-free...Bowen proves himself more alert to the paradoxes and inner contradictions of Dickens's writing than any commentator since G. K. Chesterton.... He responds with sensitivity and shrewd intelligence to the sheer plenitude of Dickens's imagination."--Paul Schlicke,Review of English Studies "Excellent...the acuteness of the book's judgements, the breadth of its theoretical and literary reference, and the originality of its ideas combine to makeOther Dickensa singular achievement and an important and enduring contribution to the critical literature on Dickens."--John O. Jordan,Victorian Studies "His forays into character names...are dazzling and delightful. What emerges is a fresh look at, and often a new apprecition for, the fertility of Dickens's imagination and the complexity of the novels. This is an indispensable work for all students of Dickens but most especially for those weary of studies that are more mechanical application of the latest critical fad."--Choice "Dickens emerges, not as a clown and conjuror...but as a major radical voice.... Masterly... eloquent... passionate."--Jonathan Keates,Times Literary Supplement "Exhilarating and unfailingly interesting. It is in short an impressive and noteworthy book.... [Bowen's] book may be read as a series of well researched essays, open to all general readers. That he also includes, clarifies, and makes available to us singular and several kinds of meanings in the texts, that is its special value. Bowen's is the work of a restless, fresh, and lively young intelligence." --Dickens Forum "Bowen's work is a pleasure to read, full of witty and elegant prose, good jokes, sound information and perceptive commentary. Bowen offers a persuasive vision of Dickens's early novels as anti-coherent, not in the sense of not making sense, but in the sense of being politically and formally radical experiments in narrative."--Studies in English Literature "One of the best books to be published on Dickens for some time.... Bowen combines real scholarship with analytical sophistication.... His principled eclecticism results in marvellously diverse and stimulating readings of the novels ...the exuberance, confidence and fluency of the prose suggests the experience of reading a Dickens novel.... Bowen is throughout engaged, excited, and inspired."--Juliet John,Notes and Queries "An infectiously energetic, affirmative piece of work, and makes thoroughly persuasive claims for the high merits of each of the first six novels... Certainly, this is a book worth having."--Dominic Rainsford,Dickensian, Disclaiming the adoption of any single, coherent, theoretical approach,the book is nevertheless distinguished throughout by the influence of Derrida,Bakhtin and Freud. These influences fuel its pervasive delight in linguisticplay and the carnivalesque - in punning, hyperbole, excess, hybridity - and itsfocus on the transformational energies of Dickenss writing. But in utilisingthese broadly deconstructive approaches, Bowen never allows them to outplay thewriting itself. Reading the novels in sequence, his aim is to "witness to eachtexts singular force" while showing the various ways in which these novels"enact one of the more sustained projects of textual experimentation in thelanguage". And he succeeds ...The books ... approach yields some fresh andincisive readings of the novel ..., 'His study as a whole compellingly demonstrates the extent to which Dickens's early fictions - "these other, wilder, freer ethical texts" - anticipate the theoretical developments both of his day and our own.'Catherine Waters, Australasian Victorian Studies Journal 7,, a pleasure to read, full of witty and elegant prose, good jokes, sound information, and perceptive commentary., an infectiously energetic, affirmative piece of work, and makes thoroughly persuasive claims for the high merits of each of the first six novels ... Certainly, this is a book worth having., 'Bowens account faithfully conveys their anarchic humour, their exorbitant vitality and the intense pleasure of reading them ... Bowens precise and detailed attention to the imaginative power of rhetorical figures produces some of the most richly suggestive criticism in the book ... His studyas a whole compellingly demonstrates the extent to which Dickenss early fictions - "these other, wilder, freer ethical texts" - anticipate the theoretical developments both of his day and our own.'Catherine Waters, Australasian Victorian Studies Journal, 'one of the best books on Dickens to be published for some time. ... Bowencombines real scholarship with analytical sophistication. In the currentclimate in Dickens studies, where critics tend to read Dickens either against orwith the grain, Bowen's insistence on doing both is as refreshing as it isimportant. ... Other Dickens is picaresque criticism; the exuberance, confidenceand fluency of its prose suggests the experience of reading a Dickens novelwhile lacking the attention-seeking gimmicks of comparable attempts to bring thejollity back to Dickens criticism. ... Bowen is throughout engaged, excited, andinspired by the texture of Dickens's prose, whether analysing (fascinating)paratextual or novelistic material.''Juliet John, March 2001
Table of Content
IntroductionArbitrary and Despotic CharactersAdjestin' the Differences: The Pickwick PapersNancy's Truth: Oliver Twist and the 'Stray Chapters'Performing Business, Training Ghosts: Nicholas NickelbyNell's Crypt: The Old Curiosity Shop and Master Humphrey's ClockHistory's Grip: Barnaby RudgeThe Genealogy of Monsters: Martin ChuzzlewitIndex
Copyright Date
2000
Topic
European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Lccn
99-016104
Dewey Decimal
823/.8
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism

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