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Author | : Linda M. Lewis |
Publisher | : University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0826272649 |
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Charles Dickens once commented that in each of his Christmas stories there is “an express text preached on . . . always taken from the lips of Christ.” This preaching, Linda M. Lewis contends, does not end with his Christmas stories but extends throughout the body of his work. In Dickens, His Parables, and His Reader, Lewis examines parable and allegory in nine of Dickens’s novels as an entry into understanding the complexities of the relationship between Dickens and his reader. Through the combination of rhetorical analysis of religious allegory and cohesive study of various New Testament parables upon which Dickens based the themes of his novels, Lewis provides new interpretations of the allegory in his novels while illuminating Dickens’s religious beliefs. Specifically, she alleges that Dickens saw himself as valued friend and moral teacher to lead his “dear reader” to religious truth. Dickens’s personal gospel was that behavior is far more important than strict allegiance to any set of beliefs, and it is upon this foundation that we see allegory activated in Dickens’s characters. Oliver Twist and The Old Curiosity Shop exemplify the Victorian “cult of childhood” and blend two allegorical texts: Jesus’s Good Samaritan parable and John Bunyan’s ThePilgrim’s Progress. In Dombey and Son,Dickens chooses Jesus’s parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders. In the autobiographical David Copperfield, Dickens engages his reader through an Old Testament myth and a New Testament parable: the expulsion from Eden and the Prodigal Son, respectively. Led by his belief in and desire to preach his social gospel and broad church Christianity, Dickens had no hesitation in manipulating biblical stories and sermons to suit his purposes. Bleak House is Dickens’s apocalyptic parable about the Day of Judgment, while Little Dorrit echoes the line “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors” from the Lord’s Prayer, illustrating through his characters that only through grace can all debt be erased. The allegory of the martyred savior is considered in Hard Times and A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens’s final completed novel, Our Mutual Friend, blends the parable of the Good and Faithful Servant with several versions of the Heir Claimant parable. While some recent scholarship debunks the sincerity of Dickens’s religious belief, Lewis clearly demonstrates that Dickens’s novels challenge the reader to investigate and develop an understanding of New Testament doctrine. Dickens saw his relationship with his reader as a crucial part of his storytelling, and through his use and manipulation of allegory and parables, he hoped to influence the faith and morality of that reader.
Author | : Susan E. Colon |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2012-02-09 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1441148264 |
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The familiar stories of the good Samaritan, the prodigal son, and Lazarus and the rich man were part of the cultural currency in the nineteenth century, and Victorian authors drew upon the figures and plots of biblical parables for a variety of authoritative, interpretive, and subversive effects. However, scholars of parables in literature have often overlooked the 19th-century novel, assuming that realism bears no relation to the subversive, iconoclastic genre of parable. In this book Susan E. Colòn shows that authors such as Charles Dickens, Margaret Oliphant, and Charlotte Yonge appreciated the power of parables to deliver an ethical charge that was as unexpected as it was disruptive to conventional moral ideas. Against the common assumption that the genres of realism and parable are polar opposites, this study explores how Victorian novels, despite their length, verisimilitude, and multi-plot complexity, can become parables in ways that imitate, interpret, and challenge their biblical sources.
Author | : James Panton Ham (the Elder.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1870 |
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Download Parables of Fiction: a Memorial Discourse on Charles Dickens Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Peter Merchant |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2016-04-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1317151208 |
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The figure of the child and the imaginative and emotional capacities associated with children have always been sites of lively contestation for readers and critics of Dickens. In Dickens and the Imagined Child, leading scholars explore the function of the child and childhood within Dickens’s imagination and reflect on the cultural resonance of his engagement with this topic. Part I of the collection examines the Dickensian child as both characteristic type and particular example, proposing a typology of the Dickensian child that is followed by discussions of specific children in Oliver Twist, Dombey and Son, and Bleak House. Part II focuses on the relationship between childhood and memory, by examining the various ways in which the child’s-eye view was reabsorbed into Dickens’s mature sensibility. The essays in Part III focus upon reading and writing as particularly significant aspects of childhood experience; from Dickens’s childhood reading of tales of adventure, they move to discussion of the child readers in his novels and finally to a consideration of his own early writings alongside those that his children contributed to the Gad’s Hill Gazette. The collection therefore builds a picture of the remembered experiences of childhood being realised anew, both by Dickens and through his inspiring example, in the imaginative creations that they came to inform. While the protagonist of David Copperfield-that 'favourite child' among Dickens’s novels-comes to think of his childhood self as something which he 'left behind upon the road of life', for Dickens himself, leafing continually through his own back pages, there can be no putting away of childish things.
Author | : Reverend Cheryl Anne Kincaid |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9781443841993 |
Download Hearing the Gospel Through Charles Dickens's a Christmas Carol Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is a Christian devotional that uses Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol as a tool to teach the ancient Advent lessons of Hope, Faith, Peace, Love and Joy. Each week's devotion begins with a section from A Christmas Carol which dramatizes the Advent Lesson and is followed with a scriptural Advent lesson from the Church of England's Book of Prayer-- back cover.
Author | : Charles Dickens |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2013-01-22 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1439142580 |
Download The Life of Our Lord Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Charles Dickens's other Christmas classic, with a new introduction by Dickens's great-great-grandson, Gerald Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens wrote The Life of Our Lord during the years 1846-1849, just about the time he was completing David Copperfield. In this charming, simple retelling of the life of Jesus Christ, adapted from the Gospel of St. Luke, Dickens hoped to teach his young children about religion and faith. Since he wrote it exclusively for his children, Dickens refused to allow publication. For eighty-five years the manuscript was guarded as a precious family secret, and it was handed down from one relative to the next. When Dickens died in 1870, it was left to his sister-in-law, Georgina Hogarth. From there it fell to Dickens's son, Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, with the admonition that it should not be published while any child of Dickens lived. Just before the 1933 holidays, Sir Henry, then the only living child of Dickens, died, leaving his father's manuscript to his wife and children. He also bequeathed to them the right to make the decision to publish The Life of Our Lord. By majority vote, Sir Henry's widow and children decided to publish the book in London. In 1934, Simon & Schuster published the first American edition, which became one of the year's biggest bestsellers.
Author | : Charles Dickens |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 83 |
Release | : 1881 |
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Author | : graf Leo Tolstoy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Russian literature |
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Download The Parables of a Prophet Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : |
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Total Pages | : 606 |
Release | : 1880 |
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Author | : CHARLES DICKENS |
Publisher | : BEYOND BOOKS HUB |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2023-06-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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Download DICKENS STORIES ABOUT CHILDREN EVERY CHILD CAN READ Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Dive into a fascinating collection of stories with Dickens Stories About Children Every Child Can Read by Charles Dickens. Carefully selected and retold for younger readers, these tales capture the essence of Dickens' unique storytelling. From tales of adventure to stories of resilience and kindness, Dickens Stories About Children Every Child Can Read is a treasure trove of timeless lessons and engaging narratives. Each story sparkles with the wit, charm, and heart that Dickens is known for. Inspire a love for reading with Dickens Stories About Children Every Child Can Read. Order your copy today and introduce your child to the magic of Dickens.