220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
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Dickens was known for his incredible imagination and fiery social protest. In Social Dreaming , Elaine Ostry examines how these two qualities are linked through Dickens's use of the fairy tale, a genre that infuses his work. To many Victorians, the fairy tale was not childish: it promoted the imagination and fancy in a materialistic, utilitarian world. It was a way of criticizing society so... Read more
Chapter 1 Nurse’s Stories: Fairy Tales as Cultural Voices; Chapter 2 Frauds on the Fairies: Defending Fancy; Chapter 3 Monsters and Fairies, Homes and Wildernesses; Chapter 4 Dickens’s Christmas “Fairy Tales of Home”; Chapter 5 The Fairy Tale in Dickens’s Periodicals;
Biography
William E. Cain, Elaine Ostry
