Dickens's Style

Charles Dickens generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian age was known as ''The Inimitable'' not least for his distinctive style of writing. This collection of twelve essays addresses the essential but often overlooked subject of Dickens''s style with each essay discussing a particular feature of his writing. All the essays consider Dickens''s style conceptually and they read it closely demonstrating the ways it works on particular occasions. They show that style is not simply an aesthetic quality isolated from the deepest meanings of Dickens''s fiction but that it is inextricably involved with all kinds of historical political and ideological concerns. Written in a lively and accessible manner by leading Dickens scholars the collection ranges across all Dickens''s writing including the novels journalism and letters.