Tag: Dickens Quarterly


Tribute to David Paroissien, Long-time DS Member and Former DQ Editor


  Tributes and condolences for family and friends can be left by clicking the “Comment” link above, to the right of the date.   David Paroissien died peacefully, reading a book at ten in the evening on 8 September 2021, at his home in Oxford....

#Dickens150: The First Global Online Gathering for Dickens


This conference report has been contributed by Renata Goroshkova, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. Read her most recent posts here and here. June 9 will definitely go down in the history of Dickens studies since it marked the first online large-scale zoom conference. #Dickens150, organized...

An Interview with David Paroissien


Lydia Craig interviews David Paroissien, Emeritus Professor of English, UMass Amherst, on the occasion of his retirement as editor of Dickens Quarterly after more than thirty years. Dickens Quarterly was founded in 1970 at the Modern Language Association Convention. How did you first become editor...

Call for Expressions of Interest: Dickens Quarterly Editorship


The Dickens Society, in consultation with the Dickens Quarterly Editorial Board, solicits expressions of interest in the role of editor for the Dickens Quarterly. David Paroissien, who has served the journal as editor with inimitable commitment, wisdom, and élan since 1983, has announced that he...