Format:
vi, 202 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
25 cm
ISBN:
9781526712264
,
1526712261
Content:
Dickens and Christmas is an exploration of the 19th-century phenomenon that became the Christmas we know and love today and of the writer who changed, forever, the ways in which it is celebrated. Charles Dickens was born in an age of great social change. He survived childhood poverty to become the most adored and influential man of his time. Throughout his life, he campaigned tirelessly for better social conditions, including by his most famous work, A Christmas Carol. He wrote this novella specifically to “strike a sledgehammer blow on behalf of the poor mans child”, and it began the Victorians obsession with Christmas
Content:
Charles Dickens's first Christmas -- Deck the halls -- ̀He's behind you!': the theatre at Christmas -- Love at Christmas -- Traditions: old and new -- ̀Ring In the new' -- ̀Pure as the new fallen snow' -- ̀Bah! Humbug!' -- A new heart for a New Year, always' -- ̀The luckiest thing in all the world' -- Battle of life -- The haunted man -- The new fashion for the ̀Christmas Story' -- Christmas all the year round -- Empty chairs -- ̀Heaven at last, for all of us'
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-197) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781526712288
Language:
English
Keywords:
Dickens, Charles 1812-1870
;
Heiliger Abend
;
Weihnachten
Author information:
Hawksley, Lucinda 1970-
