Christmas and Charles Dickens / David Parker.
Christmas and Charles Dickens / David Parker.
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New York : AMS Press, c2005.
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N823.8/128
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 355 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Literature and festival -- 2. The English Christmas, 598 to 1660 -- 3. The English Christmas, 1660 to 1840 -- 4. Dickens and Christmas, 1812 to 1842 -- 5. 1843 : A Christmas Carol -- 6. Christmas books and stories, 1844 to 1854 -- 7. The remnants of the feast -- 8. "The invention of Christmas"
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Publisher
New York : AMS Press, c2005.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2005.
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Summary
""You could say, couldn't you, that Charles Dickens was the man who invented Christmas?" When he was curator of London's Charles Dickens Museum, Dr. Parker was frequently asked this question by journalists and visitors. Proponents of the connection between Dickens and Christmas argue that the novelist redirected public attention to the old Christia...
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Christmas and Charles Dickens / David Parker.
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AMS studies in the nineteenth century ; no. 34.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-334) and index.
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c2005.
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N823.8/128
Record Identifier
74VKMMx66lZl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKMMx66lZl
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ISBN
0404644643 (alk. paper)
9780404644642 (alk. paper)
DDC
823 8
MMS ID
991021159389702626
