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Dickens and democracy in the age of paper : representing the people /

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This work examines Charles Dickens's fiction alongside publications emanating from Parliament. It argues that Dickens and Parliament were engaged in competitive efforts to represent the People at a crucial moment in the history of representative democracy - when the British government was under...

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Main Author: Berman, Carolyn Vellenga (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Criticism and interpretation.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Government publications > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Publications officielles > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
19th Century.
Modern.
Public Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
English literature
Government publications
Politics and literature
Social conditions
Great Britain
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Popular Press
  • Tracing Characters: Political Shorthand and the History of Writing
  • Breach of Privilege: Reporting, Satire, and Reform
  • Snoring for the Million: Pickwick and Parliamentary Publication
  • Vagabonds: Suspicious Company in Oliver Twist
  • Mirror of Bleak House: Haunting Parliament
  • Blue Books in Hard Times
  • Circumlocution: The Blood of the Book
  • National Dustmen: Coal and Paper
  • Coda: Victorian Twitter.