| Description |
xiii, 455 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Dickens and the pleasures of memory -- Memory's bonds: associationism and the freedom of thought -- Dickens's originality: serial fiction, celebrity, and The Pickwick Papers -- The pleasures of memory, part I: curiosity as didacticism in The Old Curiosity Shop -- The pleasures of memory, part II: epitaphic reading and cultural memory -- Learning by heart in Our Mutual Friend -- Dickens's laughter: school reading and democratic literature, 1870-1940. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Influence.
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Collective memory and literature.
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Books and reading -- Psychological aspects.
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Books and reading -- History -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780823233526 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780823233540 (electronic bk.) |
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