{"product_id":"dickens-and-the-broken-scripture-paperback","title":"Dickens and the Broken Scripture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanet Larson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Dickens and the Broken Scripture, Janet Larson examines the paradoxical role of the Bible in Dickens' novels, from such early works as \u003ci\u003eOliver Twist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDombey and Son\u003c\/i\u003e, in which the Bible and the \u003ci\u003eBook of Common Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e were drawn upon for the most part as stable sources of reassurance and order, to the far more complex novels of Dickens' maturity, such as \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLittle Dorrit\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOur Mutual Friend\u003c\/i\u003e. In these later works, biblical allusion performs an increasingly contradictory and dissonant role that brings into question not only the moral character of Victorian society but also the sanctity of received religious traditions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCritics have tended to view Dickens' extensive use of the Bible as a not particularly complex or admirable aspect of his artistry--as a device he used primarily as a means of reassuring and building solidarity with his Victorian public. But as Larson demonstrates, Dickens' use of biblical allusion was as sophisticated and multifaceted as his use of character, narrative, description, and plot. In Dickens' novels, the Bible is a broken book, in need of revitalization and reinterpretation for his time, but also desperately vulnerable to attack from the tempestuous Victorian society of his day.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJANET L. LARSON is an associate professor of English at Rutgers University at Newark. She is the author of several articles on Dickens and on other aspects of nineteenth-century British literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335321403641,"sku":"9780820331935","price":63.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/c3dOeTZLOEs3SHVxSlYxM2ZVZEZxUT09.webp?v=1769657964","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dickens-and-the-broken-scripture-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}