The dog in the Dickensian imagination /
by Beryl Gray.
- 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations.
- The nineteenth century series .
- Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. A life with dogs -- Dog fancy -- A dog's life with Dickens: Timber -- I have taken to dogs lately: the great Gad's Hill dogs -- Dogs encountered -- Dickens's dream dog : Mrs Bouncer -- Part II. Knowing his place : the dog in Dickens's art -- Man and dog : Oliver Twist and The old curiosity shop -- The circus dog and the whelp : Hard times -- The drover's dog : Bleak House -- The essential dog : Dombey and Son and Little Dorrit -- The defining dog : David Copperfield and Great expectations.
9781472435309 (e-book)
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 --Criticism and interpretation.