Innocent abroad : Charles Dickens's American engagements / Jerome Meckier.
In 1842, Victorian England's foremost novelist visited America, naively expecting both a return to Eden and an ideal republic that would demonstrate progress as a natural law. Instead, Charles Dickens suffered a traumatic disappointment that darkened his vision of society and human nature for t...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | In 1842, Victorian England's foremost novelist visited America, naively expecting both a return to Eden and an ideal republic that would demonstrate progress as a natural law. Instead, Charles Dickens suffered a traumatic disappointment that darkened his vision of society and human nature for the remainder of his career. His second tour, in 1867-68, ostensibly more successful, proved no antidote for the first.Using new materials -- letters, diaries, and publishers' records -- Jerome Meckier enumerates the reasons for the failure of Dickens's American tours. During the first, an informal conspi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 272 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813163927 9780813163925 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |