{"product_id":"collaborative-dickens-9780821423653","title":"Collaborative Dickens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCollaborative Dickens,\u003c\/i\u003e Melisa Klimaszewski undertakes the first comprehensive study of Dickens’s Christmas numbers. She argues for a revised understanding of Dickens as an editor who, rather than ceaselessly bullying his contributors, sometimes accommodated contrary views and depended upon multivocal narratives for his own success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a mature and original piece of scholarship that adds substantially to the critical understanding of Dickens and is the first comprehensive overview of his Christmas numbers. Considering each number as its own aesthetic unit, Klimaszewski convincingly argues for a different and more flexible understanding of authorship (and of “Dickens”) as polyvocal, often contradictory, and conversational in nature. Her discussion of Dickens’s collaborations with Wilkie Collins is particularly strong.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCollaborative Dickens\u003c\/i\u003e is a new and distinct contribution that will be of substantial interest to Dickens scholars, to those working more broadly on Victorian studies, to researchers focused on the periodical press, and to scholars examining models of collaborative authorship.”\u003cbr\u003e“Melisa Klimaszewski masterfully guides the reader through the Christmas numbers Charles Dickens edited for Household Words and All the Year Round—eighteen in total from 1850 to 1867, with forty writers represented—making a compelling case for a re-evaluation of collaborative writing and academic approaches to it, whether in the case of Dickens, the Victorians, or more broadly.” * British Association for Victorian Studies Newsletter 22.2 (Summer 2022) *","brand":"Ohio University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406003806551,"sku":"9780821423653","price":56.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780821423653.jpg?v=1730494206","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/collaborative-dickens-9780821423653","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}