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First published in 1980, this book surveys Dickens’ growing power to drive deep into the causes of his contemporary conditions. It reveals the importance of nature to Dickens as a rich metaphor of human freedom and potentiality, and emphasises his concern with time and the problems of freedom. The author considers the peculiarity of Dickens being unanimously acclaimed as a great writer considering the difficulty in placing him definitively within the literary tradition. The author argues Dickens was an isolated figure, indifferent to changing fashions and with a strong sense of the dignity of human nature and that this formed the basis of his character and writings.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Melancholy Man
• Author: John Lucas
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 396
• EAN: 9781138675551
• ISBN: 9781138675551
• ID: 10041899
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 738 g
• Dimensions: 166 × 245 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. July 2016

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