Charles Dickens's Great Expectations : a cultural life, 1860-2012

Charles Dickens's Great Expectations : a cultural life, 1860-2012 / Mary Hammond, University of Southampton, UK.

"Great Expectations has had a long, active and sometimes surprising life since its first serialized appearance in All the Year Round between 1 December 1860 and 3 August 1861. In this new publishing and reception history, Mary Hammond demonstrates that while Dickens's thirteenth novel can...

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Main Author: Hammond, Mary, 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate, [2015]
Series:Ashgate studies in publishing history.
Subjects:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870. > Great expectations.
Publishers and publishing > England > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > England > History > 19th century.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The entry of a new novel into the western world, 1860-1870
  • Afterlife in the west, 1870-1900
  • Great Expectations in the new media age, 1900 -1945
  • The entrenchment of a 'classic', 1946-2000
  • Translating Great Expectations, 1860-2012
  • Coda
  • Appendix A: Select list of British and American volume editions of Great Expectations, 1861-1939
  • Appendix B: List of translations, 1861-2012
  • Appendix C: Adaptations for stage, radio, film, and television, 1861-2012
  • Appendix D: Contemporary British and American reviews.

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