Recent Dickens Studies 2021

Abstract

This article provides a survey of Dickens scholarship published in 2021, organized under the following headings: (1) Biographical Dickens; (2) Dickens, Man of Science & Medicine; (3) Ecocriticism, Environment & Nature; (4) Dickensian Education in Great Expectations; (5) Dickens & Gender; (6) Character, Conventions & Genre Reexamined; (7) Dickens & Religion; (8) Dickens & Language; (9) Politics & Movement; (10) Dickens’s Geographies: London & Abroad; (11) Dickensian Influences; (12) Dickens Adapted, Dickens & Theater; (13) Art & Dickens; and (14) Teaching Dickens & Digital Resources. The conclusion synthesizes some of the threads of these sections in considering areas that are growing in popularity. The review aims to be comprehensive, with my apologies for any work overlooked.