This guide lists selected sources for literary criticism of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
Reference Books
- Nineteenth Cnetury Literature Criticism (Ref PN 761 .N56) Volume(s)/Page numbers:
- 3: 156, 170-71, 173, 176, 179, 186
- 8: 194-96
- 18: 111, 114, 119, 121, 127-28, 132-33
- 26: 154-230
- 37: 153-54, 164, 172
- 86: 186, 189, 207, 222, 256, 258
- 105: 227-28, 244, 248, 311, 317, 334, 351
- 113: 6, 20, 39, 51, 54, 89, 97, 102-03, 111, 115, 118-19, 127, 137
- Novels for Students (Ref PN 3385 .N68) Volume(s): Page numbers.
General Collection Books (may be checked out)
- Bloom, Harold, ed. Charles Dickens. (Modern Critical Views) (PR 4538
.C358 1987) (PR 4538 .C358 2000) (PR 4538 .C358 2006)
- Bloom, Harold, ed. Charles Dickens's Great Expecations. (PR 4560 .G687 2005)
- Davis, Earle. The Flint and the Flame: The Artistry of Charles Dickens.(PR 4588 .D3) (see index)
- Flint, Kate. Dickens. (PR 4588 .F55 1986) (see index)
- Ford, George H., and Lane Lauriat, eds. The Dickens Critics. (PR
4588 .F63)
- Glancy, Ruth F. Student Companion to Charles Dickens. (PR 4588 .G57 1999)
- Johnson, Wendell Stacy, ed. Charles Dickens: New Pespectives (Twentieth Century Views) (PR 4588 .C36 1982) (pp. 142-158)
- Lucas, John. The Melancholy Man: A Study of Dickens's Novels. (PR
4588 .L8) (pp. 287-314)
- Newlin, George. Understanding Great Expectations: A Student Casebook to
Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. (PR 4560 .N38 2000)
- Page, Norman. A Dickens Companion. (PR 4588 .P33 1984) (pp.213-24)
- Price, Martin, ed. Dickens: A Collection of Critical Essays. (PR 4588 .P7) (pp.158-68)
DVDs
- The Charles Dickens Collection. DVD. Boston, MA: Carlton International, 2005. (PR 4581 .A3 C537 2005, pt. 1) General Collection.
E-Books
- Jacobsen, Arnie. Great Expectations. netLibrary.
Online Resources (Reference Articles and Databases)
Articles
Use periodical databases, such as Academic Search Premier, Masterfile Premier, JSTOR, for recent journal articles like those posted below.
- Brittan, Alice. "A Ghost Story in Two Parts: Charles Dickens, Peter Carey, and Avenging Phantoms." Australian Literary Studies 21.4 (2004): 40-55 [Use Academic Search Premier]
- Byrd, Max. "'Reading' in 'Great Expectations.'" PMLA 91.2 (1976): 259-65. [use JSTOR]
- Freedgod, Elaine. "Realism, Fetishism, and Genocide: 'Negro Head' Tobacco in and Around 'Great Expectations.'" Novel: Forum on Ficton 36.1 (2002): 26-41. [use MasterFILE premier]
- Leech, Geoffrey. "Style in Fiction Revisited: The Beginning of 'Great Expectations.'" Style 41.2 (2007): 117-32. [use MasterFILE Premier]
- Levine, George. "Communication in 'Great Expectations.'" Nineteenth-Century Fiction 18.2 (1963): 175-81. [use JSTOR]
- McAllister, Marie. "'Sneaking You as Writes but One': A Note on Forgery and Identity in 'Great Expectations.'" Explicator 66 (2008): 158-60. [use Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier]
- Sanders, Andrew. "Dickens and the Idea of the Comic Novel." Yearbook of English Studies 36.2 (Annual 2006): 51+. [use Academic OneFile]
Revised and updated by Ivy Jarvis, Fall, 2008.
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