Charles Dickens and the popular radical tradition

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Autor(a) principal: Abreu, Maria Georgina Ribeiro Pinto de
Data de Publicação: 2012
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/64061
Resumo: Was Charles Dickens a radical writer? This question has received a certain amount of critical attention. In her 2007 work Dickens and the Popular Radical Imagination Sally Ledger, for example, argues that Dickens draws on the traditions of popular radical satire and melodrama, and traces the influence of Regency radicals on his novels, from William Hone to William Cobbett. In this essay I contend, however, that Dickens’s novels are far from being the descendants of a popular radical tradition, either satirical or melodramatic. No matter the powers of observation and imagination, present in the Dickensian fictional world, or his liberal views and reformist endeavours, there is not enough of the confrontational, counter cultural attitude and the delighted exploitation of ridicule towards authority which constitute the identity marks of the writings of Regency radicals such as William Hone and William Cobbett.
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spelling Charles Dickens and the popular radical traditionCharles Dickens e a tradição do radicalismo popularRadicalPopular radicalismConfrontationalCounter-culturalRadicalismo popularConfrontacionalContra culturalHumanidades::Línguas e LiteraturasWas Charles Dickens a radical writer? This question has received a certain amount of critical attention. In her 2007 work Dickens and the Popular Radical Imagination Sally Ledger, for example, argues that Dickens draws on the traditions of popular radical satire and melodrama, and traces the influence of Regency radicals on his novels, from William Hone to William Cobbett. In this essay I contend, however, that Dickens’s novels are far from being the descendants of a popular radical tradition, either satirical or melodramatic. No matter the powers of observation and imagination, present in the Dickensian fictional world, or his liberal views and reformist endeavours, there is not enough of the confrontational, counter cultural attitude and the delighted exploitation of ridicule towards authority which constitute the identity marks of the writings of Regency radicals such as William Hone and William Cobbett.Poder-se-á dizer que Charles Dickens foi um escritor radical? Esta questão tem sido alvo de alguma refl exão crítica. Na sua obra de 2007 Dickens and the Popular Radical Imagination Sally Ledger, por exemplo, defende que Dickens se inspirou nas tradições da sátira radical e do melodrama popular, e traça a infl uência de radicais do período da Regência nos seus romances, de William Hone a William Cobbett. Porém, no presente texto defendo que os romances de Dickens estão longe de poderem ser considerados descendentes da tradição popular radical quer satírica, quer melodramática. Apesar da capacidade de observação e imaginação, bem como das suas opiniões liberais e preocupações reformistas, não existe na obra de Dickens a atitude confrontacional, mesmo contra cultural, e a exploração deleitada do ridículo para com os detentores do poder que caracterizam os textos de autores radicais do período da Regência, tais como William Hone e William Cobbett.Edições HúmusUniversidade do MinhoAbreu, Maria Georgina Ribeiro Pinto de20122012-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/64061eng0807-89672183-9174info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-23T01:29:42Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/64061Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:07:01.023409Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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Charles Dickens e a tradição do radicalismo popular
title Charles Dickens and the popular radical tradition
spellingShingle Charles Dickens and the popular radical tradition
Abreu, Maria Georgina Ribeiro Pinto de
Radical
Popular radicalism
Confrontational
Counter-cultural
Radicalismo popular
Confrontacional
Contra cultural
Humanidades::Línguas e Literaturas
title_short Charles Dickens and the popular radical tradition
title_full Charles Dickens and the popular radical tradition
title_fullStr Charles Dickens and the popular radical tradition
title_full_unstemmed Charles Dickens and the popular radical tradition
title_sort Charles Dickens and the popular radical tradition
author Abreu, Maria Georgina Ribeiro Pinto de
author_facet Abreu, Maria Georgina Ribeiro Pinto de
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Abreu, Maria Georgina Ribeiro Pinto de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Radical
Popular radicalism
Confrontational
Counter-cultural
Radicalismo popular
Confrontacional
Contra cultural
Humanidades::Línguas e Literaturas
topic Radical
Popular radicalism
Confrontational
Counter-cultural
Radicalismo popular
Confrontacional
Contra cultural
Humanidades::Línguas e Literaturas
description Was Charles Dickens a radical writer? This question has received a certain amount of critical attention. In her 2007 work Dickens and the Popular Radical Imagination Sally Ledger, for example, argues that Dickens draws on the traditions of popular radical satire and melodrama, and traces the influence of Regency radicals on his novels, from William Hone to William Cobbett. In this essay I contend, however, that Dickens’s novels are far from being the descendants of a popular radical tradition, either satirical or melodramatic. No matter the powers of observation and imagination, present in the Dickensian fictional world, or his liberal views and reformist endeavours, there is not enough of the confrontational, counter cultural attitude and the delighted exploitation of ridicule towards authority which constitute the identity marks of the writings of Regency radicals such as William Hone and William Cobbett.
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