Dickens's comic art: a study of the comic element in Dombey and Son, Little Dorrit, and Great Expectations

It is my contention in this thesis that the comic nature of Dickens's mature fiction has not received the degree of attention that its importance warrants. In particular, the questions left unanswered, or to my mind not satisfactorily answered, by modern critics of Dickens are: why does Dickens...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McBride, Ian Nicholas
Other Authors: Beatty, Michael
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17593