For those interested in looking further into Bleak House, here are some critical resources to consider.
Armstrong, Nancy. “Fiction in the Age of Photography.” Narrative 7.1 (Jan. 1999): 37-55.
Benton, Graham. "'And Dying Thus Around Us Every Day': Pathology, Ontology and the Discourse of the Diseased Body, A Study of Illness and Contagion in Bleak House." Dickens Quarterly 11.2 (Aug. 1994): 69-80.
Blain, Virginia. "Double Vision and the Double Standard in Bleak House." In Tambling. 65-86. (see below)
Burgan, Mary. “Contagion and Culture: A View from Victorian Studies.” American Literary History 14.4 (Winter 2002): 837-44.
Cole, Natalie Bell. “’Attached to life again’: the “Queer Beauty” of Convalescence in Bleak House. The Victorian Newsletter 103 (Spring ’03): 16-19.
Eggert, Paul. “The Real Esther Summerson.” Dickens Studies Newsletter 11 (1980): 74-81.
Gottfried, Barbara. "Fathers and Suitors: Narratives of Desire in Bleak House." Dickens Studies Annual 19 (1990): 169-203.
Graver, Suzanne. “Writing in a ‘Womanly’ Way and the Double Vision of Bleak House.” Dickens Quarterly 4.1 (March 1987): 3-15.
Kucich, John. Excess and Restraint in the Novels of Charles Dickens. U of Georgia P, 1991.
Lougy, Robert E. “Filth, Liminality, and Abjection in Charles Dickens's Bleak House. ELH 69.2 (Summer 2002): 473-500.
Michie, Helena. "'Who is this in Pain?': Scarring, Disfigurement, and Female Identity in Bleak House and Our Mutual Friend," Novel 22.2 (Winter 1989): 199-212.
Miller, D. A. "Discipline in Different Voices: Bureaucracy, Police, Family, and Bleak House." In The Novel and the Police. Berkeley: Univ. of California P, 1988.
Miller, J. Hillis. Charles Dickens: The World of His Novels. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1958.
Newsom, Robert. Dickens on the Romantic Side of Familiar Things: Bleak House and the Novel Tradition. New York: Columbia UP, 1977.
Nord, Deborah Epstein. "'Vitiated Air': The Polluted City and Female Sexuality in Dombey and Son and Bleak House." Walking the Victorian Streets: Women, Representation and the City. Cornell UP, 1995.
----. “Esther Summerson’s Veil.” Walking the Victorian Streets: Women, Representation and the City. Cornell UP, 1995.
Peltason, Timothy. "Esther's Will." ELH 59 (1992): 671-91. And in Tambling, 205-27. (see below)
Schor, Hilary M. “Bleak House and the Dead Mother’s Property.” In Dickens and the Daughter of the House. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, ’99.
Schwartzbach, F. S. "BH: The Social Pathology of Urban Life." Literature and Medicine. Vol. 9. Fictive Ills: Literary Perspectives on Wounds and Diseases. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1990.
Tambling, Jeremy, ed. and introd. Bleak House. New York, NY: St. Martin's, 1998.
Wright, Kay Hetherly. "The Grotesque and Urban Chaos in Bleak House." Dickens Studies Annual 21 (1992): 97-112.
Armstrong, Nancy. “Fiction in the Age of Photography.” Narrative 7.1 (Jan. 1999): 37-55.
Benton, Graham. "'And Dying Thus Around Us Every Day': Pathology, Ontology and the Discourse of the Diseased Body, A Study of Illness and Contagion in Bleak House." Dickens Quarterly 11.2 (Aug. 1994): 69-80.
Blain, Virginia. "Double Vision and the Double Standard in Bleak House." In Tambling. 65-86. (see below)
Burgan, Mary. “Contagion and Culture: A View from Victorian Studies.” American Literary History 14.4 (Winter 2002): 837-44.
Cole, Natalie Bell. “’Attached to life again’: the “Queer Beauty” of Convalescence in Bleak House. The Victorian Newsletter 103 (Spring ’03): 16-19.
Eggert, Paul. “The Real Esther Summerson.” Dickens Studies Newsletter 11 (1980): 74-81.
Gottfried, Barbara. "Fathers and Suitors: Narratives of Desire in Bleak House." Dickens Studies Annual 19 (1990): 169-203.
Graver, Suzanne. “Writing in a ‘Womanly’ Way and the Double Vision of Bleak House.” Dickens Quarterly 4.1 (March 1987): 3-15.
Kucich, John. Excess and Restraint in the Novels of Charles Dickens. U of Georgia P, 1991.
Lougy, Robert E. “Filth, Liminality, and Abjection in Charles Dickens's Bleak House. ELH 69.2 (Summer 2002): 473-500.
Michie, Helena. "'Who is this in Pain?': Scarring, Disfigurement, and Female Identity in Bleak House and Our Mutual Friend," Novel 22.2 (Winter 1989): 199-212.
Miller, D. A. "Discipline in Different Voices: Bureaucracy, Police, Family, and Bleak House." In The Novel and the Police. Berkeley: Univ. of California P, 1988.
Miller, J. Hillis. Charles Dickens: The World of His Novels. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1958.
Newsom, Robert. Dickens on the Romantic Side of Familiar Things: Bleak House and the Novel Tradition. New York: Columbia UP, 1977.
Nord, Deborah Epstein. "'Vitiated Air': The Polluted City and Female Sexuality in Dombey and Son and Bleak House." Walking the Victorian Streets: Women, Representation and the City. Cornell UP, 1995.
----. “Esther Summerson’s Veil.” Walking the Victorian Streets: Women, Representation and the City. Cornell UP, 1995.
Peltason, Timothy. "Esther's Will." ELH 59 (1992): 671-91. And in Tambling, 205-27. (see below)
Schor, Hilary M. “Bleak House and the Dead Mother’s Property.” In Dickens and the Daughter of the House. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, ’99.
Schwartzbach, F. S. "BH: The Social Pathology of Urban Life." Literature and Medicine. Vol. 9. Fictive Ills: Literary Perspectives on Wounds and Diseases. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1990.
Tambling, Jeremy, ed. and introd. Bleak House. New York, NY: St. Martin's, 1998.
Wright, Kay Hetherly. "The Grotesque and Urban Chaos in Bleak House." Dickens Studies Annual 21 (1992): 97-112.
ReplyDeleteNord. “Esther Summerson’s Veil.” Walking the Victorian Streets: Women, Representation and the City. Cornell UP, 1995.
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