Table of contents for Charles Dickens / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

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User's Guide   vii

The Work in the Writer   ix
   Harold Bloom

Introduction   1
   Harold Bloom

Biography of Charles Dickens  3
    Marie Tennent Shephard

On the Works of Charles Dickens  57
    Mei Chin

The Limitations of Dickens  91
    Henry James

On the Alleged Optimism of Dickens  97
     G.K Chesterton

Characterization  109
     George Gissing

Chronology    127

Works by Charles Dickens   131

Works about Charles Dickens  135

Contributors   141

Index    143




 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
  Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Criticism and interpretation