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Michael Stoianoff joined the group Speculative Fiction 9 years, 3 months ago
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Michael Stoianoff commented on the post, Progression of Ideas of Consciousness in Victorian England , on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies 9 years, 5 months ago
We agree, but we think that Pip’s sense of consciousness also includes an internal aspect separate from his grounding in his social identity. This can be seen through Pip’s reaction to discovering that Magwitch is […]
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Michael Stoianoff commented on the post, Victorian Diseases and their Impact on Society, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies 9 years, 5 months ago
Group 2: Kevin O’Connor, Hannah Glaser, Colin Peartree, Michael Adams, Mike Stoianoff
Group Three focuses primarily on Dickens’ representation of disease, as linked to sanitation. They argue that Dickens’ […]
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Michael Stoianoff 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 2
Group 3 identifies in their post that “Dickens shifted the focus from one of community-based activities to being much more family-centered, and more specifically, child-friendly.” It would seem in the […]
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Michael Stoianoff 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
To ascertain a writer’s intentions or moral stance, one must first look at the man and his times, apart from the text, then analyze the story and characters for congruences. In response to the New Poor Law, […]
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Michael Stoianoff replied to the topic Why Dickens? in the forum Nineteenth-Century Studies 9 years, 8 months ago
Why not?
As a human being who speaks English and also likes to read it, I can’t think of a good reason. Perhaps it’s a matter of patience, or adaptation to the style and idiosyncrasies of Victorian Lit, or a general will to wade through the depths of sprawling sentences and descriptions, in order to fully immerse yourself in a new world. Or maybe…[Read more]
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Michael Stoianoff joined the group Nineteenth-Century Studies 9 years, 8 months ago
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Michael Stoianoff became a registered member 9 years, 8 months ago