Abstract

A Literary Manipulation of Dicken’s “Fantasy” in The Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and the Cricket on the Hearth

Murtadha Adel Bader

Volume: 13 Issue: 2 2023

Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to investigate selected fantasy short stories by Charles Dickens. The study focuses on "impulse for fantasy," which leads Dicken’s readers to a captivating world of other reality. Dickens, as a Victorian figure, had always redefined and defined the fantastic method to expose and probe the world of reality. The imaginary/alternate world therefore shaped, gives expression to its new reality creatively manipulated and adapted to expose the truth of the actual world.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v13i02.052

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