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Little Dorrit's shadows : character and contradiction in Dickens, Brian Rosenberg

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  • In Little Dorrit's Shadows, Brian Rosenberg explores the specific relations between Dickens's ambivalent or self-contradictory imagination and his creation of character, arguing that contradiction and uncertainty do not merely color Dickens's characterization but account in large part for its distinctiveness and success. Characters that seem initially to be thoroughly knowable prove in the end to be as present and absent, definite and indefinite as shadows
  • Rosenberg is fully familiar with Dickensian criticism and with commentary on the subject of characterization in general. He concentrates on Dickens's eleventh novel, Little Dorrit, in which doubts and conflicts combine to shape the fictional structure on virtually every level. And because Little Dorrit is founded on contradiction, the contradictory elements in the characterization are granted free rein. Working outward from close analyses of characterization in Little Dorrit to more general considerations of Dickens's other novels, Rosenberg does justice both to the achievement of Little Dorrit and to the ways it resembles and differs from Dickens's fourteen other substantial texts
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 165 pages)
Contents
  • 1. Characters, Critics, Contradictions
  • 2. "Immeshed in Uncertainties": The Double Life of Little Dorrit
  • 3. Words without Power
  • 4. Second Nature: The Fragmentation of Personality
  • 5. "So Exactly Alike, and So Completely One": Twins, Mirrors, and Shadows
  • 6. "Totally Uncalled For by Anything Said by Anybody": Character and Structure
  • Conclusion: The Inimitable
Instance
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Little Dorrit's shadows : character and contradiction in Dickens
Title
Little Dorrit's shadows
Title remainder
character and contradiction in Dickens
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Brian Rosenberg
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • In Little Dorrit's Shadows, Brian Rosenberg explores the specific relations between Dickens's ambivalent or self-contradictory imagination and his creation of character, arguing that contradiction and uncertainty do not merely color Dickens's characterization but account in large part for its distinctiveness and success. Characters that seem initially to be thoroughly knowable prove in the end to be as present and absent, definite and indefinite as shadows
  • Rosenberg is fully familiar with Dickensian criticism and with commentary on the subject of characterization in general. He concentrates on Dickens's eleventh novel, Little Dorrit, in which doubts and conflicts combine to shape the fictional structure on virtually every level. And because Little Dorrit is founded on contradiction, the contradictory elements in the characterization are granted free rein. Working outward from close analyses of characterization in Little Dorrit to more general considerations of Dickens's other novels, Rosenberg does justice both to the achievement of Little Dorrit and to the ways it resembles and differs from Dickens's fourteen other substantial texts
Cataloging source
OCLCE
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1955-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Rosenberg, Brian
Dewey number
823/.8
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
PR4589
LC item number
.R6 1996
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Dickens, Charles
  • Dickens, Charles
  • Characters and characteristics in literature
  • Contradiction in literature
  • Fiction
  • Dickens, Charles
  • Characters and characteristics
  • Characters and characteristics in literature
  • Contradiction in literature
  • Fiction
Label
Little Dorrit's shadows : character and contradiction in Dickens, Brian Rosenberg
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Publication
Antecedent source
file reproduced from original
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index
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online resource
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  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. Characters, Critics, Contradictions -- 2. "Immeshed in Uncertainties": The Double Life of Little Dorrit -- 3. Words without Power -- 4. Second Nature: The Fragmentation of Personality -- 5. "So Exactly Alike, and So Completely One": Twins, Mirrors, and Shadows -- 6. "Totally Uncalled For by Anything Said by Anybody": Character and Structure -- Conclusion: The Inimitable
Control code
681437770
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 165 pages)
Form of item
online
Level of compression
  • lossless
  • lossy
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
Reformatting quality
  • preservation
  • access
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)681437770
Label
Little Dorrit's shadows : character and contradiction in Dickens, Brian Rosenberg
Publication
Antecedent source
file reproduced from original
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. Characters, Critics, Contradictions -- 2. "Immeshed in Uncertainties": The Double Life of Little Dorrit -- 3. Words without Power -- 4. Second Nature: The Fragmentation of Personality -- 5. "So Exactly Alike, and So Completely One": Twins, Mirrors, and Shadows -- 6. "Totally Uncalled For by Anything Said by Anybody": Character and Structure -- Conclusion: The Inimitable
Control code
681437770
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 165 pages)
Form of item
online
Level of compression
  • lossless
  • lossy
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
Reformatting quality
  • preservation
  • access
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)681437770

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