{"product_id":"spectral-dickens-the-uncanny-forms-of-novelistic-characterization-9781526174543","title":"Spectral Dickens: The Uncanny Forms of Novelistic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the recent ontological turn in critical theory, Spectral Dickens explores an aspect of literary character that is neither real nor fictional, but spectral. This work thus provides an in-depth study of the inimitable characters populating Dickens’ illustrated novels using three hauntological concepts: the Freudian uncanny, Derridean spectrality, and the Lacanian real. Thus, while the current discourse on character studies, which revolves around values like realism, depth, and lifelikeness, tends to see characters as mimetic of persons, this book invents new critical concepts to account for non-mimetic forms of characterization. These spectral forms bring to light the important influence of developments in nineteenth-century visual culture, such as the lithography and caricature of Daumier and J.J. Grandville. The spectrality of novelistic characters developed here paves the way for a new understanding of fictional characters in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Drawing on graphic traditions of the era, the author describes how Dickens developed objects like dolls and effigies to reinforce meanings beyond the literal. Bove is interested in visual and narrative techniques that move beyond the limits of mimesis.'\u003cbr\u003eCHOICE\u003cbr\u003e(Reprinted with permission from Choice Reviews. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpectral Dickens will be of immense interest to those seeking to understand Dickens's enduring appeal for readers and critics alike, especially those with an interest in psychoanalysis and the literary critical paradigms it can enable.' \u003cbr\u003eThe Dickensian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Bove has produced both a work that expands the ways we think about character, and a sustained demonstration of the continuing value of Lacanian thought for literary analysis.'\u003cbr\u003eBAVS newsletter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an exciting read for those of us long troubled by the old adage that Dickens is a “failed realist” who does not create convincing characters... a creative and original set of readings of how Dickens’s characters\u003cbr\u003eare so powerful.'\u003cbr\u003eDickens Quarterly\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: An uncanny ontology of characterisation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I\u003ci\u003e Spectral mimesis: portraits, caricature, and character\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Mimesis’s ghosts: caricature and anamorphosis\u003cbr\u003e2 Spectral character: dreams, distortion, and the (cut of the) real\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II\u003ci\u003e “Moor eeffocish things”: effigy and the bourgeoisie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Where “the specular becomes the spectral” in \u003ci\u003eThe Old Curiosity Shop\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDombey and Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Imagos, dolls, and other gazing effigies in \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III\u003ci\u003e Beyond the realism principle: spectral materiality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 Dream as spectral form in \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e and the comic surplus of Micawber in \u003ci\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 The “As if” hauntology of \u003ci\u003eLittle Dorrit\u003c\/i\u003e and the uncanny dream of the three fathers\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041042727255,"sku":"9781526174543","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526174543.jpg?v=1750948722","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spectral-dickens-the-uncanny-forms-of-novelistic-characterization-9781526174543","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}