{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-dickens-the-dynamics-of-influence-hardback-9780521455268","title":"Shakespeare and Dickens; The Dynamics of Influence (Hardback) 9780521455268","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShakespeare and Dickens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Dynamics of Influence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1996 book traces Dickens' interest in Shakespeare through his own reading and performance and through theatrical, literary and artistic sources.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eValerie L. Gager (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521455268, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 June 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e440 pages, 10 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.79 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"On all factual matters, it is excellent.\"   Modern Philology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eShakespeare and Dickens, first published in 1996, traces Dickens' own interest in Shakespeare from childhood, not only through his own reading and performance but also through numerous theatrical, literary and artistic sources. The book proceeds to examine theoretical ideas about influence and allusion as aspects of style and analyses ways in which Dickens typically employs references to Shakespeare. It is argued that imaginative transformations of Shakespeare's words and ideas enrich all aspects of Dickens' writing, including aesthetic principles, language, imagery, plot, atmosphere, theme, tone, structure, foreshadowing and characterization. Dombey and Son and David Copperfield are examined to demonstrate the sophisticated manner in which Dickens engages the reader in a continuous process of reassessment by creating a dense network of quotations, allusions and echoes and integrating successive references to comment upon, modify, or amplify prior usage. The final section contains an annotated catalogue of approximately one thousand references to Shakespeare's plays and poems drawn from Dickens' fiction, essays, letters and speeches.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e A note on the text and acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. 'A Shakespearean Lot': 1. 'Treading in the steps': early Shakespearean influences\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'At his tongue's end': Dickens's remarkable memory\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Eloquent associations': W. C. Macready and Daniel Maclise\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'As if I had been another man': Dickens as actor-manager\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'The noblest of all dramatists': Dickens as theatre critic and editor\u003cbr\u003e Part II. 'All the Removes and Definitions of Shakespeare's Touchstone': 6. 'Of imagination all compact': Dickens's aesthetic principles\u003cbr\u003e 7. Definition of critical concepts\u003cbr\u003e 8. Verbal 'fireworks': typical functions of Dickens's Shakespearean references\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'The web I have spun': Shakespeareana in Dombey and Son and David Copperfield\u003cbr\u003e Part III. 'Signs and Tokens' of Shakespeare: Preface to the catalogue\u003cbr\u003e Catalogue of Dickens's references to Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007515283736,"sku":"9780521455268","price":89.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521455268i_fc8d19d8-fb32-4579-97e6-bd0be4e5774e.jpg?v=1691382304","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/shakespeare-and-dickens-the-dynamics-of-influence-hardback-9780521455268","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}