Dickens and the Sentimental Tradition : Fielding, Richardson, Sterne, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Lamb (Anthem Nineteenth-century Series)

'Dickens and the Sentimental Tradition' is a timely study of the 'sentimental' in Dickens's novels, which re-evaluates his presentation of emotion as part of a complex literary tradition that enables him to critique nineteenth-century society.