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Dickens, violence and the modern state
1995·237 pages
Academic study of Dickens’s later novels via Foucault and critical theory, centering violence, modernity, and state power.
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Academic study of Dickens’s later novels via Foucault and critical theory, centering violence, modernity, and state power.
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In a radical reassessment of one of the greatest writers of all time, Dickens, Violence and the Modern State draws on the theories of Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, in addition to Julia Kristeva and Edward Said, to situate Dickens within the discourses circulating within his society - in particular those associated with modernity. Focussing on Dickens's novels written after 1848, his relationship to modernity can be seen in his treatment of violence, seen in two forms in his writing: that of th...
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Sexual content
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Academic discussion of masochism and sexuality themes in Dickens
Violence & gore
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Central focus on state violence, crime, corpses, and physical brutality
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult content present
Political content
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Foucault-based analysis of modernity, state power, and Victorian ideology
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Analyzes cruelty, criminal violence, and suffering in Dickens’s novels
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