Dickens and Benjamin: Moments of Revelation, Fragments of Modernity

Placing the works of Charles Dickens and Walter Benjamin in conversation with one another, Piggott argues that the two writers display a shared vision of modernity. Her analysis of their works shows that both writers demonstrate a decreased confidence in the capacity to experience truth or religious meaning in an increasingly materialist world and both occupy similar positions towards urban modernity and its effect on experience.

Author: Gillian Piggott
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/13/2012
Pages: 274
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781409422013

About the Author
Dr Gillian Piggott is currently visiting lecturer at Middlesex University and Associate Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK