Fortune's wheel : Dickens and the iconography of women's time / Elizabeth A. Campbell.

Author
Campbell, Elizabeth A., 1945- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Athens : Ohio University Press, c2003.
Description
1 online resource (277 p.)

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Summary note
This volume explores the ways that Charles Dickens appropriated and made central to his novels the dominant symbol of his age. The author argues that Dickens' contribution to the iconographic and narrative traditions was to fuse the classical image of the wheel - fortune - with the industrial one.
Notes
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index.
Language note
English
Contents
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1/THE WORLD OF FORTUNE
  • 2/SPRING 1840-1849
  • 3/SUMMER 1850-1853
  • 4/FALL 1854-1859
  • 5/WINTER 1860
  • NOTES
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX.
ISBN
0-8214-4174-4
OCLC
191935573
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