Dickens's Villains: Melodrama, Character, Popular Culture

by JulietJohn (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $65.89

  The first major study of Dickens's villains argues that they embody the crucial fusion between the 'deviant' and the 'theatrical' aspects of Dickens's writing. Dickens's Villains locates the rationale for his theatrical characters in his political commitment to the principle of cultural inclusivity and his related resistance to 'psychology'.