{"product_id":"9780470657942","title":"A Companion to Charles Dickens","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to Charles Dickens\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Paroissien\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Charles Dickens\u003c\/i\u003e concentrates on the historical, ideological, and social forces that defined Dickens’s world. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePuts Dickens’s work into its literary, historical, and social contexts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the development of Dickens’s career as a journalist and novelist\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes original essays by leading Dickensian scholars on each of Dickens’s fifteen novels\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores a broad range of topics, including criticisms of his novels, the use of history and law in his fiction, language, and the effect of political and social reform\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines Dickens's legacy and surveys the mass of secondary materials that has been generated in response and reverence to his writing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Paroissien\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham. He edits \u003ci\u003eDickens Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and co-edits, with Susan Shatto, the Dickens Companions series. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Companion to Oliver Twist\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eThe Companion to Great Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), and has edited \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of Edwin Drood for Penguin\u003c\/i\u003e (2002).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 May 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780470657942\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e544\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32.96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380598829196,"sku":"9780470657942","price":51.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780470657942_7d4c9f12-ce3c-496f-892a-46184877ec36.jpg?v=1780234944","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780470657942","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}