@article{752433,
      author = {Butterworth, Robert,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/752433},
      title = {Dickens, religion, and society [electronic resource] /},
      abstract = {"Dickens's social criticism is one of the most famous and  important aspects of his works. This book explores the  centrality of his religious attitudes to his attacks on the  social ills of his day. After discussing how deeply engaged  Dickens was with his religion, the author links him to a  group of political and religious campaigners who were  pioneering the application of Christian moral precepts to  social issues. The perspective this gave him on society is  examined in detailed studies of several novels. Looking at  his works from this angle sheds important new light on a  number of cruxes and controversies in Dickens's oeuvre,  including the portrayal of Fagin as a villainous Jew, the  hostile depiction of trade unions in Hard Times, the  apparent weakness of Dickens's remedy of a 'change of  heart' to society's ills, and the presence of  sentimentality in his novels"--},
      recid = {752433},
      pages = {1 online resource (viii, 237 pages)},
}