Abstract

The eternal life of things, knowledge theory, post-colonial avatars, visual studies, heroines like sexy viragos or un-angelic angels in the house, essays that scan Dickens’s work from the perspective of medical history, animal and poverty studies, flânerie, queer studies, celebration studies, post-Victorian children’s literature and toy studies: these are some of the topics addressed in this book. It is aimed at students and teachers, fans, scholars, cinema goers, critics, and all Dickens lovers, and invites discussion from all of the manifold perspectives at large today.