Charles Dickens's Writings — Economic Contexts and Themes

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General

• Dickens's hostile attitude towards contemporary political economists
• Dickens's "A Walk in a Workhouse" (1850)
• The Evolution of Victorian Capitalism and Great Expectations
• Victorian Economics: An Overview
• Sympathy for the Poor and Christmas Present — An Introduction with Discussion Questions

Dickens as Professional Author (and Editor)

• How Did Nineteenth-Century British and American Authors Get Paid?
• Dickens Wrote for Money!
• The Professional Author as Identity
• The Economic Context of Dickens's Great Expectations
• Dickens and Copyright
  • Nineteenth-Century British and American Copyright Law:
  • Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century International Copyright Conventions
  • Dickens's 1842 Reading Tour: Launching the Copyright Question in Tempestuous Seas
  • Dickens's 1867-68 Reading Tour: Re-Opening the Copyright Question

Material Conditions of Publication

• Revolutionary Pickwick: Modern Authorship, Mass Audience, and the Victorian Publishing Industry
• Publishing in Parts, Periodicals, and Dickens's Working Methods
• The Tauchnitz Edition of A Christmas Carol in "The Collection of British and American Authors"
• The Economic Context of Dickens's Great Expectations
• All the Year Round Installments of Great Expectations
• Volume Publication (needed)
• The Circulation of Great Expectations and Dickens's other Work

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Last modified December 8 June 2013