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Author: Buckmaster Jonathan Buckmaster Publisher: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 1474406971 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 267
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Establishes the importance of the popular radical figure of the pantomime clown in the work of Charles DickensThis book reappraises Dickens's Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi and his imaginative engagement with its principal protagonist. Arguing that the Memoirs should be read as integral to Dickens's wider creative project on the theatricality of everyday existence, Jonathan Buckmaster analyses how Grimaldi's clown stepped into many of Dickens's novels. Dickens's Clowns presents new readings of Dickens's treatment of topics such as identity, the grotesque and violence within the context of the tropes of the Regency pantomime. This is the first study to identify the Dickensian clown as a unifying force for several Dickensian themes, overturning traditional views of Dickens's clowns as peripheral figures.Key FeaturesProvides a new reading of one of Dickens's most neglected texts, and firmly re-establishes it within the Dickens canon as both part of a wider project alongside his other major works of the period and an important influence on later work Identifies the pantomime routines of the Regency clown as a key cultural influence on Dickens's work, tracing significant new sources for his comical treatment of violence and his comedy more generallyOffers important new perspectives on two other key themes in Dickens's work - the use of food and drink within Dickens's articulation of the bodily grotesque and Dickens's use of clothing as a radical signifier of individual liberty
Author: Claire Wood Publisher: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 1474441661 Category : Languages : en Pages : 605
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The Edinburgh Companion to Charles Dickens and the Arts explores Dickens's rich and complex relationships with a myriad of art forms and the far-reaching resonance of his works across the arts overall. This volume reassesses Dickens's prescient philosophy of art, both through a historical and a present-day lens and in the context of debates about the cultural value of the arts. Across thirty-three original essays, it outlines the ways in which Dickens broke down oppositions between high and low art, money and the aesthetic, the extraordinary and the ordinary, and art for its own sake and the social good. In doing so, it considers how Dickens prefigured the arts of the future, including rap music, television, fanfiction and global cinema.
Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks ISBN: 3985101604 Category : Psychology Languages : de Pages : 275
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Clown Grimaldi Charles Dickens - "Grimaldi wurde empfindlich und wollte sich entfernen, als der Unbekannte ihm die Frage stellte, ob er ihn wirklich nicht wiedererkenne, und sein Hemd auf der Brust auseinander klappte. Da erkannte Grimaldi an einer dort sichtbaren Narbe seinen seit Jahren verschollenen Bruder. Sie fielen einander in die Arme und weinten Tränen vor Freude. Am gerührtesten von beiden war Joe."Charles Dickens (1812-1870) war ein englischer Schriftsteller. Zu seinen bekanntesten Werken gehören außerdem Oliver Twist, Eine Geschichte aus zwei Städten sowie Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte.
Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Pushkin Press ISBN: 1908968583 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 361
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In 1837 Charles Dickens, then twenty-five years old, was asked to ‘tidy up’ Joseph Grimaldi’s autobiography – he ended up re-writing most of it. Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837), one of the greatest English clowns and pantomimes of all time, was born in London to an Italian ballet-master and a dancer in the theatre’s corps-de-ballet. The death of Grimaldi’s father when he was nine plunged the family into debt. He was introduced to the stage at the age of two and began performing at the Sadler’s Wells theatre at the age of three. Grimaldi’s fame as a pantomime clown was unequalled and he is credited as an innovator. He introduced the tradition of audience participation, of poking fun at spectators, and generally the modern concept of the clown as such. He died a poor and physically crippled man.
Author: Jonathan Buckmaster
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