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This study of Dickens's career as a professional writer uses a range of material to describe and analyze the ways in which his work can be seen as a form of literary production. It thus offers a challenge to traditional accounts which stress the private nature of Dickens's genius. Smith focuses on the communal nature of Dickens's achievement in his struggles with publishers, the expectations of a vast public, and the demands of serialization.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
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Grahame Smith is Professor of English Studies, University of Stirling.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Charles Dickens
Book Subtitle: A Literary Life
Authors: Grahame Smith
Series Title: Literary Lives
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24489-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-55719-8Published: 08 March 1996
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-24489-8Published: 08 March 1996
Series ISSN: 2946-2037
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2045
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 190