Bentley's Miscellany, Volume I (Annotated)
Description:... Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment.Bentley's Miscellany, Volume I by Charles Dickens and Various.Bentley's Miscellany was a literary magazine founded by the English publisher Richard Bentley in January 1836. Its first editor was Charles Dickens, who was 25 years old and had just had a success with the publication of his Pickwick Papers. In 1868 it was merged with the also literary magazine Temple Bar. Directors and collaborators, In addition to directing the publication from 1836 to 1839, Dickens published his serial novel Oliver Twist (from February 1837 to April 1839). When Dickens argued with Bentley, he was replaced by William Harrison Ainsworth, whose Jack Sheppard, like Oliver Twist, a typical example of the Newgate novel, also appeared in the magazine, from January 1839 to February 1840, both with illustrations by George Cruikshank The two authors were friends but argued in the aftermath of the controversies raised by this literary genre, and with Dickens's departure Ainsworth ran the magazine for three more years. Other contributors to the magazine were Wilkie Collins
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