Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Tale of Two Cities Lecture Notes

-"level of personal intensity." Dickens really wrote realistically.
-His friend's play The Frozen Deep influenced writing heavily.
-Ellen inspired Lucie.
-Influenced by terrible things he saw when he was a young child in London.
-He grew up in a labyrinth of wretchedness and darkness and fascination.
-Visited Paris in 1844 and he was fascinated by it.
-Admired the elegance of Paris.
-He was drawn to the morgue and morbid aspects.
-He drew many parallels to London.
-Dickens wasn't a revolutionary he was against riots and bloodshed.
-Victorian Fear: Revolution

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