Dickens and the unreal city : searching for spiritual significance in nineteenth-century London - Smith, Karl Ashley, 1975- (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
A revelation by which men are to guide themselves : Dickens and Christian theology -- The debilitated old house in the city : London as haunted house -- A great (and dirty) city : London's dirt and the terrors of obscurity -- Angel and Devil by turns : the detective figure in Bleak House -- A road of ashes : London's railways and the Providential timetable -- The secrets of the river : the Thames within London -- A dream of demon heads and savage eyes : the metropolitan crowd.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-240) and index.
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Keywords: Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Knowledge -- London (England); Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Religion; Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Symbolism; London (England) -- In literature