Dickens's Villains: Melodrama, Character, Popular CultureOxford University Press, 2003 - 258 psl. This is the first major study of Dickens's villains. They embody, John argues, the crucial fusion between the "deviant" and "theatrical" aspects of his writing. Though there have been many studies of both the macabre and the dramatic Dickens, this book sets up a dialogue between these two main strands and suggests a new way understanding the cultural and political implications of his melodramatic aesthetics. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Melodrama Villainy Acting | 21 |
Intellectual Incorrectness Melodrama Populism Cultural Hierarchies | 23 |
The Villains of Stage Melodrama Romanticism and the Politics of Character | 42 |
Dickens Acting and Ambivalence Periodical Passions | 70 |
Dickens 3s Novels | 93 |
Melodramatic Poetics and the Gothic Villain Interiority Deviance Emotion | 95 |
Twisting the Newgate Tale Popular Culture Pleasure and the Politics of Genre | 122 |
Dickens and Dandvism Masking Interiority | 141 |
Byronic Baddies Melodramatic Anxieties | 171 |
Sincerely Deviant Women | 199 |
Afterword | 235 |
Bibliography | 238 |
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