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The Case of the Initial Letter: Charles Dickens and the Politics of the Dual Alphabet
Tracing the dual alphabet from its intervention by Carolingian scribes to its rejection by modernist poets and the Bauhaus printers, Edwards shows how Charles Dickens and other nineteenth century writers used the distinction between upper and lower case letters in unconventional ways and in the interests of a wider radicalism.
Book Details
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publish Date: Jul 28th, 2020
- Pages: 184
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.50in - 0.80lb
- EAN: 9781526146298
- Categories: • European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh• Modern - 19th Century• English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
About the Author
Gavin Edwards is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of South Wales
Praise for this book
'The Case of the Initial Letter is fundamentally an effort to redress 'the failure of literary critics and cultural historians to accord the dual alphabet the attention that it deserves'. With all the authority that upper-casing can muster, this is a Good Book.'
Amanda Lastoria, Simon Fraser University, SHARP News
'This study of Dickens's career and his experiences with capital letters and reader reception extend superbly to the book's conclusion, which addresses the rise of Modernism.'
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