Magazine article from our research archive:
|
|
Nineteenth-Century Narratives of Contagion
- Article from:
-
Gothic Studies
- Article date:
-
November 1, 2007
- Author:
-
|
Copyright informationCopyright Manchester University Press Nov 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Nineteenth-Century Narratives of Contagion, by Allan Conrad Christensen (Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature, 2005), ISBN: 041536048X, 350 pp., £85.00.
Allen Conrad Christensen's analysis of nineteenth-century fictional narratives of contagion opens without preamble or introduction, launching directly into the 'fierce divisions and antagonisms' (1) that he believes are characteristic of the mid-Victorian period. Christensen's project is to reveal the pervasiveness of the metaphor of contagion within Victorian fiction, a metaphor that was used by the Victorians themselves to describe the intertwining of the many and varied influences of their specific historical moment ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
What the Dickens is Scully doing in Bleak House with that girl from...
The Daily Mail (London, England);
October 28, 2005 ;
700+ words
......costume drama in the history of the BBC. Bleak House, the Charles Dickens epic, will not...guaranteed to end on a cliffhanger. Bleak House will be the most talked-about literary...THOMAS'S ultimate Bluffers'Guide To Bleak House... THE PLOT LET'S start with our heroine...
|
|
Bleak House for the rich ; The way we live now
The Independent - London;
June 30, 2007 ;
653 words
......Houses' facades you'll find what I call Bleak House interiors. So many of these places have...room. And a gym. All this editing gives Bleak House interiors a look that's so reductive...They've never been to Clerkenwell. The Bleak House style is very much For Men. And though...
|
|
'People keep stopping me in the street to say how much they are enjoying...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);
December 17, 2005 ;
700+ words
......yesterday his adaptation of Dickens's Bleak House is to be sold to a global audience...Austen classic. The final episode of Bleak House was shown on the BBC last night. The...available on a five-instalment podcast. Now Bleak House is set to be exported, with BBC Worldwide...
|
|
What's going on at 'bleak house'
Chicago Sun-Times;
February 19, 2006 ;
247 words
..."Bleak House" aptly juggles six stories and tells...miniseries than Americans are accustomed to, "Bleak House" was written by Andrew Davies, who jokes...Diary" and "Pride and Prejudice" -- "Bleak House" is a favorite. But then, he's English...
|
|
New 'Bleak House' an epic treat for fans of Dickens.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);
January 20, 2006 ;
679 words
...Byline: Sid Smith Jan. 20-- Bleak House is one of Charles Dickens' most masterful...the movie Seven or TV's Deadwood, this Bleak House is sublimely bleak, as well as richly...and literally the disease of smallpox. Bleak House is a somber, disturbing joy, a descent...
|
|
Janice M. Allan, ed. Charles Dickens's Bleak House: A Sourcebook.(Book...
Dickens Quarterly;
March 1, 2006 ;
700+ words
...Janice M. Allan, ed. Charles Dickens's Bleak House: A Sourcebook. Routledge Guides to Literature...basic information needed to experience Bleak House in its historical and social dimensions...deconstructive argument insists that Bleak House is primarily a novel that calls attention...
|
|
Fire crews in battle to save Dickens' Bleak House.
The Daily Mail (London, England);
April 10, 2006 ;
261 words
...Byline: JANE DENNY BLEAK House, the former home of Charles Dickens...author spent his summer months. Bleak House overlooks the sea and is where the...author's death. While the fictional Bleak House is near St Albans in Hertfordshire...
|
|
Bleak House v Dr Who.
The Evening Standard (London, England);
March 2, 2006 ;
34 words
...BLEAK HOUSE and Doctor Who are up for best drama at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards on 31 March. Two Doctors, David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston, are nominated for best actor, with Bleak House's Charles Dance.
|
|
WHAT'S ON MY MIND? IT AIN'T 'BLEAK HOUSE'
Roanoke Times & World News;
March 17, 2008 ;
391 words
......able to finish reading Charles Dickens' "Bleak House." I hadn't thought of "Bleak House" in years and I started going through these...in. Listen, Tom. I always meant to read "Bleak House." We'll pass right over, with no comment...
|
|
Dicken's 'Bleak House' and Norris's 'McTeague.' (Charles Dickens; Frank...
The Explicator;
March 22, 1997 ;
625 words
......junkman Krook by spontaneous combustion in Bleak House. The scene has a strong sense of naturalistic...subtle tip of the hat to this episode in Bleak House occurs at the end of chapter 19 of McTeague...done as a small set-piece allusion to Bleak House. The black humor and ...
|
|
This Dickens will be just right for the Hollyoaks generation; It's a story...
The Evening Standard (London, England);
October 10, 2005 ;
700+ words
......that his new adaptation of Dickens's Bleak House is to be one that kids of 11 can relate...society, to become a kind of soap opera? Bleak House is elaborately plotted, connecting the...was calculated to touch their pulses. Bleak House was published in instalments. In the...
|
|
Dickens treasures for sale at the Bleak House no one wants
The Sunday Telegraph London;
April 4, 1999 ;
473 words
...THE owners of Bleak House, where Charles Dickens wrote David...hoping to win the National Lottery. Bleak House, a misnomer given the house long...he began formulating the story for Bleak House, considered by some to be his best...
|
|
Hazlitt's essay on bentharm and Bleak House.(William Hazlitt, Jeremy...
The Explicator;
March 22, 2008 ;
645 words
...In her Companion to Bleak House, Susan Shatto quotes Dickens on...the chapter that introduces her in Bleak House-- Telescopic Philanthropy --has...2008 Heldref Publications KEYWORDS Bleak House, William Hazlitt, telescopic philanthropy...
|
|
It's Bleak House versus.
The Evening Standard (London, England);
March 2, 2006 ;
74 words
...Dr Who BBC1 series Bleak House and Doctor Who lead the way for nominations...Eccleston and David Tennant, as well as Bleak House's Charles Dance. Gillian Anderson and Anna Maxwell Martin from Bleak House are shortlisted for best actress, as...
|
|
TV CHOICE: Bleak House Thursday 8pm BBC1
The Independent on Sunday;
October 23, 2005 ;
209 words
......reading Dickens again.' Well then, how has Bleak House been Hollyoaked " and has it worked...you could cram the complicated plot of Bleak House, with its enormous cast of characters...and all the filth and grime that a Bleak House fan could possibly want. Hollyoaks could...
|
See all results.
Or, try our
Advanced Search.
|