Sensation and sublimation in Charles Dickens (Record no. 34831)

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Canceled/invalid LC control number 2010043431
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Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780230110885 (hardback)
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Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780230119697 (e-book)
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System control number (MiAaPQ)EBC741995
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System control number (OCoLC)745865972
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Original cataloging agency MiAaPQ
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Modifying agency MiAaPQ
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Classification number PR4592.S43
Item number G67 2011
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823/.8
Edition number 22
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gordon, John,
Dates associated with a name 1945-
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Sensation and sublimation in Charles Dickens
Medium [electronic resource] /
Statement of responsibility, etc John Gordon.
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Edition statement 1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011.
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Extent 226 p. :
Other physical details ill.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "My book sets out to explore three crucial stages in Dickens' ongoing voyage of discovery into what has been called the "hidden springs" of his fiction. The three novels under examination are Oliver Twist, Dombey and Son, and Bleak House. (Other Dickens writings are considered when pertinent.) I argue that in all three we can witness Dickens responding to some identifiable force represented as coming from underneath the ground plan (plot, character interaction, development of themes, stylistic effects) of the book in question. In Oliver Twist, it is the ancient story of the blood libel; in Dombey and Son, it is the power of language as an independent agent; in Bleak House, it is a pre-verbal array of desires and interdicts. I also explore the question of Dickens' self-awareness, at these different stages: to what extent did he see himself as a medium of forces beyond his conscious control, and what did he think the psychological mechanisms at work might be? The issues raised have certainly been considered before but have not gone in the directions taken here. Many critics, for instance, have commented on anti-Semitism in Oliver Twist, and some have mentioned the blood libel; no one has argued that Oliver Twist is a blood libel. Previous considerations of ideas of the subconscious have been overwhelmingly Freudian and have concentrated on Dickens' biography; mine, by contrast, relies on pre-Freudian concepts common in Dickens' time and concentrates on the evidence of the writings"--
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Type of reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Dickens, Charles,
Dates associated with a name 1812-1870
General subdivision Criticism and interpretation.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Senses and sensation in literature.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Sublimation (Psychology) in literature.
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ProQuest (Firm)
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