AbstractsLanguage, Literature & Linguistics

Charles Dickens' contribution to the social novel: 1836-1850

by Hugh Clarke




Institution: University of Birmingham
Department: Department of English
Year: 1947
Keywords: PN Literature (General); PN0080 Criticism; PR English literature
Record ID: 1551051
Full text PDF: http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/4547/


Abstract

This thesis examines the social conditions and history in the nineteenth century, reviews Dickens’ major publications, 1836-1850, analyses the defects in social conditions as Dickens viewed them, and asses his philosophy.