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Charles Dickens: Getting Started

This guide was built as a resource for FYS 536, but can be used for any research about Charles Dickens.

Books on Charles Dickens

Dickens and...?

There is a huge amount of scholarship on Dickens, so how can you narrow a search? Consider adding a second term, e.g.: 

Dickens AND...

  • adaptation 
  • race
  • gender 
  • sexuality
  • the role of women
  • religion OR spirituality 
  • film
  • masculinity
  • modernity
  • politics 
  • popular culture 
  • violence
  • poverty
  • class

Literary Criticism

Periodicals