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Dickens's comic art: a study of the comic element in Dombey and Son, Little Dorrit, and Great Expectations
It is my contention in this thesis that the comic nature of Dickens's mature fiction has not received the degree of attention that its importance warrants. In particular, the questions left unanswered, or to my mind not satisfactorily answered, by modern critics of Dickens are: why does Dickens cons...
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| description | It is my contention in this thesis that the comic nature of Dickens's mature fiction has not received the degree of attention that its importance warrants. In particular, the questions left unanswered, or to my mind not satisfactorily answered, by modern critics of Dickens are: why does Dickens consistently adopt modes of comedy in his mature works; what are the modes that he adopts; and what are the implications of these modes in terms of his later achievement? Finally, in what way can his vision be judged to be a comic vision? |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17593 Dickens's comic art: a study of the comic element in Dombey and Son, Little Dorrit, and Great Expectations McBride, Ian Nicholas Beatty, Michael English Language and Literature It is my contention in this thesis that the comic nature of Dickens's mature fiction has not received the degree of attention that its importance warrants. In particular, the questions left unanswered, or to my mind not satisfactorily answered, by modern critics of Dickens are: why does Dickens consistently adopt modes of comedy in his mature works; what are the modes that he adopts; and what are the implications of these modes in terms of his later achievement? Finally, in what way can his vision be judged to be a comic vision? 2016-03-09T09:03:45Z 2016-03-09T09:03:45Z 1981 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17593 eng application/pdf Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
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| title | Dickens's comic art: a study of the comic element in Dombey and Son, Little Dorrit, and Great Expectations |
| title_full | Dickens's comic art: a study of the comic element in Dombey and Son, Little Dorrit, and Great Expectations |
| title_fullStr | Dickens's comic art: a study of the comic element in Dombey and Son, Little Dorrit, and Great Expectations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dickens's comic art: a study of the comic element in Dombey and Son, Little Dorrit, and Great Expectations |
| title_short | Dickens's comic art: a study of the comic element in Dombey and Son, Little Dorrit, and Great Expectations |
| title_sort | dickens s comic art a study of the comic element in dombey and son little dorrit and great expectations |
| topic | English Language and Literature |
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