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100	1		_aGordon, John, _d1945-
245	1	0	_aSensation and sublimation in Charles Dickens _h[electronic resource] / _cJohn Gordon.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2011.
300			_a226 p. : _bill.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
600	1	0	_aDickens, Charles, _d1812-1870 _xCriticism and interpretation.
650		0	_aSenses and sensation in literature.
650		0	_aSublimation (Psychology) in literature.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
710	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
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