Book: Dickens, Novel Reading, And The Victorian Popular Theatre In this study Deborah Vlock shows that characters, dialogue, and plots from many of Charles Dickens' novels can be traced to the Victorian stage, and that contemporary readers and writers of fiction were strongly influenced by what they saw at the theater. Through an examination of theatrical and popular-cultural sources--including accounts of noted actors and actresses, and of popular theatrical characters of the time--Vlock uncovers unexpected precursors for some popular Dickensian characters, and throws new light on the conditions in which Dickens' novels were initially received.
Details of Book: Dickens, Novel Reading, And The Victorian Popular Theatre Book: Dickens, Novel Reading, And The Victorian Popular Theatre
Author: Deborah Vlock, Gillian Beer
ISBN: 0521026881
ISBN-13: 9780521026888
, 978-0521026888
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 02112006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number of Pages: 244
Language: English