{"product_id":"9781138675605","title":"The Melancholy Man : A Study of Dickens's Novels (Routledge Library Editions: The Nineteenth-century Novel)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1980, this book surveys Dickens’ growing power to drive deep into the causes of his contemporary conditions. It reveals the importance of nature to Dickens as a rich metaphor of human freedom and potentiality, and emphasises his concern with time and the problems of freedom. The author considers the peculiarity of Dickens being unanimously acclaimed as a great writer considering the difficulty in placing him definitively within the literary tradition. The author argues Dickens was an isolated figure, indifferent to changing fashions and with a strong sense of the dignity of human nature and that this formed the basis of his character and writings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49124265165027,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":60.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9781138675605-1.jpg?v=1788374148","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/products\/9781138675605","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}