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Tag: A Christmas Carol

The Tale of a Jug

This post is contributed by David Clement Davies, an author, sculptor, and visual artist. As a writer, he has won the Family Award and 76 Selections in the US. His website is dcdsculpture.com, where you can contact him directly about sales or commissions. If you...

Through the Coffee-Room Glass: Dickens and the Origins of Modern Fantasy

This post is contributed by Dr. Christian Dickinson, Assistant Professor of English at Brewton-Parker College. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the England described by Shakespeare as “This other Eden, demi-paradise”, had been completely transfigured (855). Factories covered the landscape, eradicating the once natural...

The Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Presents “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens–a Theatre Review 

Kareem Bandealy as Jacob Marley and Larry Yando as Ebenezer Scrooge in Goodman Theatre’s A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Tom Creamer. Photo: Liz Lauren  This review is contributed by Mads Golding, a playwright, writer, and independent scholar who focuses on Charles Dickens...

From Page to Screen: Tracing Decades of “A Christmas Carol” Adaptations

This post is contributed by Melisa Kaya, a graduate with honors in English and Creative Writing from Saint Mary’s University, Canada. As a writer, editor, and researcher, her primary research examines the intersection of literature and science, exploring their mutual influence. Additionally, Melisa engages in...

Miniature Curiosities, Mighty Considerations

This post is contributed by Anya Eastman, a third-year, Technē funded PhD student at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her thesis explores the posthumous representation of Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Oscar Wilde, with a focus on the relationship between texts and heritage sites. Anya...

“In Defense of Scrooge:” A Brief History

Contributed by Spencer Dodd, PhD Student, Louisiana State University. In early December, a screenshot of a fake London Times article by “Dickie Canine” circulated on social media for a few days. The “article” in question featured an image of Jim Carrey as Scrooge clinging to...

“Is there no dinner theatre?!”: Little Dickens and a Dickensian Christmas

This post has been contributed by Catherine Quirk (@quirk_catherine), McGill University. Read her previous posts here, here, and here. In December 2019, theatre-goers at Montréal’s Centaur Theatre found themselves exposed to a new kind of Dickensian Christmas. From 19 November to 21 December, “Master Marionette...

Royal Doulton Dickens at The American Toby Jug Museum: Imitations of the Inimitable

Contributed by Lydia Craig, Loyola University Chicago Ever since the invention of Toby Jugs in the 1760s in Northern England, these collectibles have been bought and sold by people fascinated by the range of their creative potential. Technically, “A Toby Jug is a figural ceramic...

Crossing the Borders: Windows and Thresholds in Dickens’s Christmas Stories of the 1840s

This is Part Two of a post contributed by Renata Goroshkova, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. Find Part One here. The concept of the window as a frame through which the artist sees what will be depicted in his work first appeared in the work...

Crossing the Borders: Windows and Thresholds in Dickens’s Christmas Stories of the 1840s

This post has been contributed by Renata Goroshkova, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. Read Renata’s previous posts here and here. This post is in two parts. Find the second part here. Dickens in the Christmas stories of the 1840s uses specific frame images, many of...
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