{"product_id":"dickenss-idiomatic-imagination-9781501772863","title":"Dickenss Idiomatic Imagination","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDickens''s Idiomatic Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e offers an original analysis of how Charles Dickens''s use of low and slangular (his neologism) language allowed him to express and develop his most sophisticated ideas.\u003c\/b\u003e Using a hybrid of digital (distant) and analogue (close) reading methodologies, Peter J. Capuano considers Dickens''s use of bodily idiomsright-hand man, shoulder to the wheel, nose to the grindstoneagainst the broader lexical backdrop of the nineteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDickens was famously drawn to the vernacular language of London''s streets, but this book is the first to call attention to how he employed phrases that embody actions, ideas, and social relations for specific narrative and thematic purposes. Focusing on the mid- to late career novels \u003ci\u003eDombey and Son\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Our Mutual Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, Capuano demonstrates how Dickens came to relish using common idioms in uncommon ways and the\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409375732055,"sku":"9781501772863","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501772863.jpg?v=1730506588","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dickenss-idiomatic-imagination-9781501772863","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}