Foreword
A few thought-provoking and challenging questions provided the starting point for this collection of essays: is Charles Dickens still worth reading in the twenty-first century and if so, why? Shouldn’t we be wondering whether he is still read at all, particularly outside schoolrooms and academic sp...
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Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
2022
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | A few thought-provoking and challenging questions provided the starting point for this collection of essays: is Charles Dickens still worth reading in the twenty-first century and if so, why? Shouldn’t we be wondering whether he is still read at all, particularly outside schoolrooms and academic spheres? At a time of increasing globalisation, a stance like that of Professor and writer Lafcadio Hearn, who discouraged students from reading Dickens at the University of Tokyo in 1900 because he ... |
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