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Violent Effigy: Study of Dickens' Imagination
Violent Effigy Study of Dickens' Imagination
Author: John Carey
Bottled babies, wooden legs, walking coffins, corpses, umbrellas, waxworks, locks and living furniture - these are a few of the obsessions the author uncovers while investigating the strange poetry of Dickens' imagination. This book sees Dickens as, essentially, not a moralist or social commentator but as an anarchic comic genius, who was drawn ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780571102396
ISBN-10: 0571102395
Publication Date: 11/12/1973
Pages: 183
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Publisher: Faber and Faber
Book Type: Hardcover
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