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To find information about Charles Dickens, Hard Times and
the culture of Victorian England, try some of the following sources:
What is the Work
of Literary Merit (WOLM)?
- Literature Resource Center
- This online database includes biographical and critical information
about Charles Dickens
drawn from standard reference books such as Contemporary Authors,
Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary
Criticism
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(Password required for off-campus use.)
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Dickens
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Hard Times
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Current Journal Articles about Charles Dickens and his books.
(Tip: Use Netscape's "Find" command to find the words "Hard Times" on this
page.)
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Books and Articles on Reserve for the WOLM
Numerous books and articles about
Dickens, Hard Times, and Victorian
England have been placed on reserve in the Library for the WOLM project.
Web Sites on Charles Dickens and Hard Times
- Hard Times
- Caught without your book? Here's an e-text version of the story. (This
version does not have all the notes which are in your textbook version.)
- The Dickens
Page
- This monster page of links to Dickens information on the Web is compiled by
Mitsuharu Matsuoka, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. It includes a chronology,
information about Dickens' life and his family tree, Internet mailing lists for
discussions of Dickens' work, a critical study, several books about Dickens
and much more.
- The Dickens Project
- "The Dickens Project of the University of
California is a scholarly consortium devoted to
promoting the study and enjoyment of the life,
times, and work of Charles Dickens."
- Professor Melissa
Kort's Course Page for Hard Times
- SRJC instructor Melissa Kort has prepared a web page on Dickens' Hard
Times and background material on Victorian England for her English 1A
classes.
- Concordance to
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
- Search for any word in the text of Hard Times or select a chapter
to read from the Table of Contents
Web Sites on the Victorian Age
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The Victorian Web
- This comprehensive web site offers articles on many aspects of the
Victorian period, including a
description of
Victorianism, gender matters, social and political contexts,
philosophy, literature, science and technolgy and the visual arts.
(Developed by a faculty member at Brown University for classes in Victorian
literature)
- Victoria Research
Web
- This site is "dedicated to the scholarly study of nineteenth-century
Britain, and to
aiding researchers, teachers, and students in their investigations of any
and all aspects of this fascinating period. " Searching the VICTORIA
archives gives you access to over six years of scholarly discussion by
Victorianists around the world. The site also offers
instructions on how to subscribe (free) to the DICKENS-L Internet
discussion group and VICTORIA, the online conference for Victorian Studies.
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