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Courtney Cavallo wrote a new post on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies 9 years, 4 months ago
There have been countless “re-mixes” inspired by the work of Charles Dickens. These re-mixes come in many forms: books, television shows, movies, and even musicals. Our group was tasked with finding and analyzing […]
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Courtney Cavallo commented on the post, Victorian Diseases and their Impact on Society, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies 9 years, 5 months ago
Group 5
While some people may argue that Dickens presents disease as an equalizer in Bleak House, we believe that he is actually using the presence of disease to have the opposite effect. Disease is not an […]
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Courtney Cavallo commented on the post, The Influence of A Christmas Carol on how Christmas Has Come to be Understood, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies 9 years, 7 months ago
Group 5
Dickens uses children in A Christmas Carol to incorporate the vision of Christmas that he wants his audience have. Dickens uses impoverished and suffering children to show the flaws in the way that […]
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Courtney Cavallo commented on the post, Dickens’ Contemporary Critics and the Social Discussion of the New Poor Law and Workhouses, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies 9 years, 7 months ago
Group 5
Group 1 argues that Dickens successfully employs hyperbole throughout Oliver Twist in order to draw attention to his views regarding the New Poor Law and the immoral treatment of the lower class in 19th […]
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Courtney Cavallo replied to the topic Why Dickens? in the forum Nineteenth-Century Studies 9 years, 8 months ago
I signed up for this class because I have split feelings about Dickens. David Copperfield was the summer reading assignment during my senior year of high school, and I thought I hated that book. In retrospect, I may have not given Dickens a fair shot due to my annoyance at having a summer project. Last fall, I read Great Expectations and really e…[Read more]
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Courtney Cavallo joined the group Nineteenth-Century Studies 9 years, 8 months ago
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