{"product_id":"dickens-redressed-the-art-of-bleak-house-and-hard-times-9780300082036","title":"Dickens Redressed: The Art of Bleak House and Hard Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alexander Welsh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eBleak House \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Hard Times, \u003c\/i\u003eCharles Dickens inaugurated a series of novels now known as \"later Dickens\"--works with a darker mood and more strident satire than his earlier fiction. Though these two novels continue to be immensely popular, they are only partly understood, Alexander Welsh contends. In this sequel to his critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eFrom Copyright to Copperfield, \u003c\/i\u003eWelsh closely examines the two novels Dickens wrote after \u003ci\u003eDavid Copperfield \u003c\/i\u003eand reassesses the importance of this crucial stage of Dickens's career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In spite of the famous double narrative of \u003ci\u003eBleak House, \u003c\/i\u003esays Welsh, the various actions and roles of the characters answer the needs of the protagonist much as they do in \u003ci\u003eDavid Copperfield. \u003c\/i\u003eDickens redresses himself as the female narrator Esther Summerson and at the same time redirects his artistic energy in forms less explicitly personal. When he wrote \u003ci\u003eHard Times--\u003c\/i\u003ewhich can be considered an epilogue to the much longer \u003ci\u003eBleak House--\u003c\/i\u003eDickens was able to conceive a plot neither centered around a hero nor fueled by the kind of wish fulfillment that structure had implied. Welsh's engaging discussion and original insights into two of Dickens's most successful novels will enhance the enthusiast's pleasure in reading these works and inspire longtime students of the novelist to think about Dickens's extraordinary accomplishments in new ways.","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47614476779671,"sku":"9780300082036","price":6177.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780300082036.webp?v=1775094020","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dickens-redressed-the-art-of-bleak-house-and-hard-times-9780300082036","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}