Dickens, Melodrama, and the Parodic Imagination

Dickens, Melodrama, and the Parodic Imagination - AMS Studies in the Nineteenth-Century

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Publisher's Synopsis

The traditional view of parody as a low and parasitic form has been challenged by a number of critics. This text examines the exemplary use of parody in the novels of Charles Dickens, focusing on how he parodies the mode of melodrama while simultaneously employing melodramatic devices.

Book information

ISBN: 9780404644581
Publisher: AMS Press
Imprint: AMS Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.8
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 239
Weight: 535g
Height: 241mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 31mm