Sunday, December 3, 2017

Dickens Isn't The Inventor Of Christmas, But He Did Give The Novel Quite A Boost

Yes, a new film claims he "invented Christmas," but gets many other things right. "Commercial requirements drove Dickens to audacious innovations. ... Dickens was forging a path that the others followed. He showed how the novel could be popular yet daring, capacious yet true to the ordinary pains of one individual’s experience. He proved that you could experiment and still sell books."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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