Dickens and the Unreal City : Searching for Spiritual Significance in Nineteenth-Century London /
Dickens's London often acts as a complex symbol, composed of numerous sub-symbols, such as crowd, river, railway networks and police systems. This book is particularly interested in how Dickens's treatment of the city allows him to re-examine traditional Christian discourses on the issues...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Dickens's London often acts as a complex symbol, composed of numerous sub-symbols, such as crowd, river, railway networks and police systems. This book is particularly interested in how Dickens's treatment of the city allows him to re-examine traditional Christian discourses on the issues of revelation, renunciation and regeneration. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (IX, 244 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780230583252 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/9780230583252 |