Charles Dickens (RLE Dickens)

The main concern of this volume is Dickens' role as "e;entertainer"e;. It examines the results of this role: Dickens' important contribution to the techniques of comedy and irony in prose. The social commentary and criticism which arise from a primarily comic art is emphasized and exemplified. Other extracts are used to demonstrate more formal points of structure and prose technique. In the introd...