General Studies of Charles Dickens and His Writings and Collected Editions of His Works V4 Part 1
An Annotated Bibliography: Vol 4. Part 2
By (author) Duane DeVries
Publication date:
31 May 2019Length of book:
1148 pagesPublisher
Edward Everett RootDimensions:
250x175mm7x10"
ISBN-13: 9781912224432
This unique and internationally acclaimed extensive annotated bibliography is being published by EER. it is an essential set of volumes for all studies of Dickens and his works in every respect.
The listings in the volumes are as complete as the author could make them. It is a formidable achievement. The annotations are full, descriptive, evaluative and insightful. The introduction to each volume provides scholars, students, and general readers with a succinct overview of the works covered, while the many cross references and the elaborate and useful index will help direct researchers to the information they need.
"This mammoth, erudite, comprehensive enterprise...It is a remarkable feat to have compiled such a monumental work....In order to appreciate the value of the work, reserarchers should move beyond the taxonomy, and delve into the astute, insightful, annotations. DeVries is able to extract expertly the essence of a particular article, book, and doctoral dissertation, and thus save the scholar inordinate amounts of time... "an indispensable, wide-ranging, diligently-reseached, authoritative resource that features (virtually) all known English-language general studies of Dickens from 1836 to 2018." - Professor Leon Litvack, The Queen's University of Belfast, Dickens Quarterly.