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Television and film, not libraries or scholarship, have made Charles Dickens the most important unread novelist in English. It is not merely that millions of people feel comfortable deploying the word 'Dickensian' to describe their own and others' lives, but that many more people who have never read Dickens know what Dickensian means. They know about Dickens because they have access to over a century of adaptations for the big and small screen. Because Dickens has proven to be the most easily adapted of major novelists, he has become, somewhat ironically, one of the foremost novelists in the English canon. This is ironic because it was just this capacity to entertain that once confined him to the margins of the 'great tradition' in fiction. Dickens on Screen is an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike. It provides an exhaustive filmography and is well illustrated.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521001243
eBay Product ID (ePID)91930564
Product Key Features
Book TitleDickens on Screen
AuthorJohn Glavin
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature
Publication Year2003
Dimensions
Item Height229mm
Item Width154mm
Additional Product Features
Series TitleOn Screen
EditorJohn Glavin
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom