Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London by Jackson, Lee

Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London

"Jackson has crafted a droll, enigmatic ride through the 150-year-old phenomenon of Dickens tourism and its relationship...
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Author: Lee Jackson
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Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London by Jackson, Lee

Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London

CHF 17.24

Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London

CHF 17.24
Author: Lee Jackson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"Jackson has crafted a droll, enigmatic ride through the 150-year-old phenomenon of Dickens tourism and its relationship with imagination."--James Riding, Times (UK)

"Meticulously researched and engaging . . . A delight for urban historians and fans of Dickens's evocative fiction."--PD Smith, The Guardian

The intriguing history of Dickens's London, showing how tourists have reimagined and reinvented the Dickensian metropolis for more than 150 years

Tourists have sought out the landmarks, streets, and alleys of Charles Dickens's London ever since the death of the world-renowned author. Late Victorians and Edwardians were obsessed with tracking down the locations--dubbed "Dickensland"--that famously featured in his novels. But his fans were faced with a city that was undergoing rapid redevelopment, where literary shrines were far from sacred. Over the following century, sites connected with Dickens were demolished, relocated, and reimagined.

Lee Jackson traces the fascinating history of Dickensian tourism, exploring both real Victorian London and a fictional city shaped by fandom, tourism, and heritage entrepreneurs. Beginning with the late nineteenth century, Jackson investigates key sites of literary pilgrimage and their relationship with Dickens and his work, revealing hidden, reinvented, and even faked locations. From vanishing coaching inns to submerged riverside stairs, hidden burial grounds to apocryphal shops, Dickensland charts the curious history of an imaginary world.

Author: Lee Jackson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 11/19/2024
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780300279344

About the Author
Lee Jackson is a well-known expert on Victorian London. He is the author of Dirty Old London, Walking Dickens' London, and Palaces of Pleasure. Lee has lectured on Victorian topics for libraries and museums throughout London and is an academic advisor to the Dickens Museum.

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