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Dickens and the Unreal City
Searching for Spiritual Significance in Nineteenth-Century London
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Dickens and the Unreal City
Searching for Spiritual Significance in Nineteenth-Century London
About this book
Dickens's London often acts as a complex symbol, composed of numerous sub-symbols, such as crowd, river, railway networks and police systems. This book is particularly interested in how Dickens's treatment of the city allows him to re-examine traditional Christian discourses on the issues of revelation, renunciation and regeneration.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: âA heap of broken imagesâ
- 1 âA revelation by which men are to guide themselvesâ: Dickens and Christian Theology
- 2 âThe debilitated old house in the cityâ: London as Haunted House
- 3 âA great (and dirty) cityâ: Londonâs Dirt and the Terrors of Obscurity
- 4 âAngel and devil by turnsâ: The Detective Figure in Bleak House
- 5 âA road of ashesâ: Londonâs Railway and the Providential Timetable
- Plate section
- 6 âThe secrets of the riverâ: The Thames within London
- 7 âA dream of demon heads and savage eyesâ: Dickensâs Metropolitan Crowd
- Conclusion: âWhat is the city over the mountainsâ
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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