The purpose of this research is to see the image of New York and London in Charles Dickens＇s writings. In American Notes （1987）, on the surface, the city shows Dickens＇s eye of observation, revealing the dark side...The purpose of this research is to see the image of New York and London in Charles Dickens＇s writings. In American Notes （1987）, on the surface, the city shows Dickens＇s eye of observation, revealing the dark side of the city. However, his writing expresses more than what he sees. In this paper, the author sees New York and London not only as realistic accounts of what things look like, but also a true realization of how Dickens feels about himself, and about the country in which he was situated in. In Oliver Twist （2003）, a New York prison can be linked to Dickens＇s London, representing the darkness of the city with the prison cell and its suggestiveness, including punishment, exclusion, and dehumanization. A New York Asylum reveals the dialectic of order and disorder, in a way which alienation brings out the crisis of humanity. This research shows that New York is an extension of London, in a way which the personal crisis is vividly revealed, as the reader can see in Charles Dickens. A Life （2012）. Through New York, Dickens is more conscious about his London childhood, as spatial representations of London have their own symbolic meanings展开更多
Charles Dickens rose to fame as a novelist because he described society in early Victorian Britain both accurately and evocatively. That skill came about through his work as a journalist, and his many first-hand exper...Charles Dickens rose to fame as a novelist because he described society in early Victorian Britain both accurately and evocatively. That skill came about through his work as a journalist, and his many first-hand experiences of events. He continued throughout his life to report on major incidents and newsworthy items, and was able to use those reports as the factual basis of his novels. His experiences of the railways were especially important, and he made great use of them in his novels such as Dombey and Son. Later expereiences included his own involvement in a railway disaster, at Staplehurst in 1865, a major trauma which led him to include the accident at the end of Our Mutual Friend, and led him to write a timely ghost story, The Signalman. No doubt he would have used more such reports had he lived to fulfill his ambitions.展开更多
To write about art and literature depicting London is often to write about Romantic poetry and novels,and to draw attention to the green and pleasant parts of the lands as hills,vales,woods,and all their rural relativ...To write about art and literature depicting London is often to write about Romantic poetry and novels,and to draw attention to the green and pleasant parts of the lands as hills,vales,woods,and all their rural relatives.Urban areas are often cast as dark mills,restaurants with oyster-shells,hospitals,and underground stations,for example,whilst rural places are celebrated,but their inspiration and beauty is to be found in the more civic depictions.Such poems and novels can enable us to envisage the city in a new life and even uncover the histories of a place.This paper will shed light on London in the eyes of literature,both as a civic and a cultural city,in order to draw more attention to the city as both an urban and rural place.This paper will also shed light on the great poets as William Wordsworth,John Keats,D.H.Laurence,and novelists such as Charles Dickens,Sam Selvon Salvo,and Virginia Woolf.展开更多
文摘The purpose of this research is to see the image of New York and London in Charles Dickens＇s writings. In American Notes （1987）, on the surface, the city shows Dickens＇s eye of observation, revealing the dark side of the city. However, his writing expresses more than what he sees. In this paper, the author sees New York and London not only as realistic accounts of what things look like, but also a true realization of how Dickens feels about himself, and about the country in which he was situated in. In Oliver Twist （2003）, a New York prison can be linked to Dickens＇s London, representing the darkness of the city with the prison cell and its suggestiveness, including punishment, exclusion, and dehumanization. A New York Asylum reveals the dialectic of order and disorder, in a way which alienation brings out the crisis of humanity. This research shows that New York is an extension of London, in a way which the personal crisis is vividly revealed, as the reader can see in Charles Dickens. A Life （2012）. Through New York, Dickens is more conscious about his London childhood, as spatial representations of London have their own symbolic meanings
文摘Charles Dickens rose to fame as a novelist because he described society in early Victorian Britain both accurately and evocatively. That skill came about through his work as a journalist, and his many first-hand experiences of events. He continued throughout his life to report on major incidents and newsworthy items, and was able to use those reports as the factual basis of his novels. His experiences of the railways were especially important, and he made great use of them in his novels such as Dombey and Son. Later expereiences included his own involvement in a railway disaster, at Staplehurst in 1865, a major trauma which led him to include the accident at the end of Our Mutual Friend, and led him to write a timely ghost story, The Signalman. No doubt he would have used more such reports had he lived to fulfill his ambitions.
文摘To write about art and literature depicting London is often to write about Romantic poetry and novels,and to draw attention to the green and pleasant parts of the lands as hills,vales,woods,and all their rural relatives.Urban areas are often cast as dark mills,restaurants with oyster-shells,hospitals,and underground stations,for example,whilst rural places are celebrated,but their inspiration and beauty is to be found in the more civic depictions.Such poems and novels can enable us to envisage the city in a new life and even uncover the histories of a place.This paper will shed light on London in the eyes of literature,both as a civic and a cultural city,in order to draw more attention to the city as both an urban and rural place.This paper will also shed light on the great poets as William Wordsworth,John Keats,D.H.Laurence,and novelists such as Charles Dickens,Sam Selvon Salvo,and Virginia Woolf.
