'Something strangely mixed' : a study of the comic modes of Charles Dickens

This thesis asserts the importance of Dickensian comic modes. It engages with academic discourse and popular culture which between them have formulated a serious, socially engaged and psychologically dramatic Dickens in which comedy is muted. It examines the nature of Dickens's comedy and his d...

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Main Author: Johnson, Clive
Published: University of Kent 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.580358