Dickens, Religion and Society

Dickens, Religion and Society examines the centrality of Dickens's religious attitudes to the social criticism he is famous for, shedding new light in the process on such matters as the presentation of Fagin as a villainous Jew, the hostile portrayal of trade unions in Hard Times and Dickens's sentimentality.

Autorentext
Robert Butterworth was educated at Farnworth Grammar School and the University of Leeds, and works as a lecturer in North West England. In addition to numerous articles about Dickens, he has published on other Victorian writers including Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Thomas Hood and George Gissing.

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Acknowledgements 1. Dickens's Engagement with Religion 2. Dickens and Early Victorian Christian Social Criticism 3. and Fagin's Jewishness 4. Christian Social Vision in the Novels of the 1850s: , and 5. : Law, Religion and Civilization 6. 'Oh friends and brothers': Industrialism and Trade Unionism in 7. : Serving Mammon 8. Dickens and Politics: Temporary and Permanent Revolution 9. and the Struggle for Brotherhood 10. and the Persistence of Evil 11. A Note on Dickens and Sentimentality Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index