Charles Dickens & Sir Philip Sidney: Hard Times, An Equine Defence for the Novel.

While critics have often read Hard Times as Dickens's defense of imagination against utilitarianism, industrialism, and the fact-driven education of his time, the source of Dickens's defensive theory and poetics has remained comparatively obscure. This article will argue that Dickens, in his attempt...

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Published in:	Dickens Quarterly Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 321 - 341
Main Author:	Pines, Dana
Format:	Article
Published:	Johns Hopkins University Press Sep2023
Subjects:	Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586 Utilitarianism Industrialism Equestrianism
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost