Great Expectations: Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives
by Charles Dickens
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- Paperback
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- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0312080824
- ISBN 13
- 9780312080822
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"This edition of Dickens's classic collates the 1861 three-volume edition and the 1868 Charles Dickens Edition and presents the novel along with five critical essays -- newly commissioned or revised for a student audience -- that read "Great Expectations" from five critical perspectives: "Psychoanalitic Criticism" by Peter Brooks; "Deconstruction" by Edward W. Said; "Feminist Criticism" Hilary Schor; "Gender Criticism" by William A. Cohen; "Cultural Criticism" by Jay Clayton. Each critical essay is accompanied by a succinct introduction to the history, principles, and practice of the critical perspective, and a bibliography that promotes further exploration of that approach.
In addition, the text and essays are complemented by an introduction providing biographical and historical contexts for Dickens and "Great Expectations," a survey of critical responses to the novel since its initial publication, and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms."
Synopsis
Great Expectations is a classic novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1861. It tells the story of Pip, a young orphan boy brought up by his abusive sister and her blacksmith husband in rural England. Pip dreams of becoming a gentleman and escaping poverty, but his life takes a dramatic turn when he receives a large fortune from an anonymous benefactor. As he rises in society, he becomes involved with a host of colorful characters, including the eccentric Miss Havisham and her adopted daughter Estella, and learns valuable lessons about love, loyalty, and the true meaning of happiness. The novel is considered one of Dickens' greatest works and a masterpiece of English literature.
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- Palimpsest Scholarly Books (US)
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- 2240
- Title
- Great Expectations: Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0312080824
- ISBN 13
- 9780312080822
- Publisher
- Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- English Literature
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