Hard Times

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: W. W. Norton And Co
Publisher Place: USA
Publisher Year: 1990
Edition: Reprint

Description: 430 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: For this edition of the Norton Critical Edition of "Hard Times" the text has been considerably improved by the addition of new explanatory notes and marginal line numbers for easy reference. The textual notes and Dickens working plans have also been revised. The backgrounds, sources and contemporary reactions section introduces two new pieces by Dickens, one on education and one on utilitarianism, and eight new essays are offered in the criticism section. These include an essay by David Lodge on the problems of structuralism in the novel, Roger Fowlers examination of the characters speech patterns, Juliet McMasters interpretation of Dickens use of colour imagery and George Fords essay on the problems of adapting the novel for television.

ISBN: 9780393959000