Charles Dickens is sometimes called the "man who invented Christmas," and his enduring and much-adapted tale has proved a central addition to the literature that has grown up around the Christmas season. With its ghostly apparitions and poignant...
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Charles Dickens is sometimes called the "man who invented Christmas," and his enduring and much-adapted tale has proved a central addition to the literature that has grown up around the Christmas season. With its ghostly apparitions and poignant representation of the reformation of a miser's heart, Dickens's story contributed classic characters to the literary canon, in the form of Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, and its central figure, Ebenezer Scrooge, the originator of the "Bah! Humbug!" Harold Bloom introduces this brand-new volume of critical excerpts that focus
Cover; Contents; Introduction; Biographical Sketch; The Story Behind the Story; List of Characters; Summary and Analysis; Critical Views; Barbara Hardy on the Influence of Love on the Conversion Process; Jane Vogel Discusses Allegory in A Christmas Carol; Teresa R. Love Looks at Dickens and the Deadly Sin of Avarice; Paul Davis on Scrooge's Numerous Selves and Dickens's Social Gospel; Donald R. Burleson on the Portrayal of Uncle and Nephew; R.D. Butterworth on the Work as a Blend of Novel and Masque; Geoffrey Rowell Examines the Evolution of Christian Christmas
John Bowen Offers Some Thoughts on "Marley was dead: to begin with."Stephen Bertman Compares Carol and Dante's Divine Comedy; Les Standiford on A Christmas Carol as Dickens's Social Gospel; Joseph W. Childers Considers the Ideological Implications of an English Christmas; Works by Charles Dickens; Annotated Bibliography; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Index;
