The Imagination of Charles Dickens (RLE Dickens)

Routledge Library Editions: Charles Dickens Volume 3

Fiction & Literature, Anthologies, Literary Theory & Criticism, Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Reference
Cover of the book The Imagination of Charles Dickens (RLE Dickens) by A. O. J. Cockshut, Taylor and Francis
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Author: A. O. J. Cockshut ISBN: 9781135027698
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: May 13, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: A. O. J. Cockshut
ISBN: 9781135027698
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: May 13, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book describes Charles Dickens as an ordinary man who by being perfectly tuned to the public taste developed into a master of his art. The clue to this paradox lies, in the author’s opinion, in Dickens’ obsession with such topics as money, crowds and prisons which touch the life of everyone. From the deep fears of his childhood they became the main food for his imagination. As his creative mind worried over them, so his art developed. This process provided the driving force behind his work, and is at the root of his greatness as an artist.

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This book describes Charles Dickens as an ordinary man who by being perfectly tuned to the public taste developed into a master of his art. The clue to this paradox lies, in the author’s opinion, in Dickens’ obsession with such topics as money, crowds and prisons which touch the life of everyone. From the deep fears of his childhood they became the main food for his imagination. As his creative mind worried over them, so his art developed. This process provided the driving force behind his work, and is at the root of his greatness as an artist.

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