{"product_id":"john-lucas-the-melancholy-man-9781138675605","title":"The Melancholy Man","description":"First published in 1980, this book surveys Dickens' growing power to drive deep into the causes of his contemporary conditions. It reveals the importance of nature to Dickens as a rich metaphor of human freedom and potentiality, and emphasises his concern with time and the problems of freedom. The author considers the peculiarity of Dickens being unanimously acclaimed as a great writer considering the difficulty in placing him definitively within the literary tradition. The author argues Dickens was an isolated figure, indifferent to changing fashions and with a strong sense of the dignity of human nature and that this formed the basis of his character and writings.","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53729672986966,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/john-lucas-the-melancholy-man-9781138675605","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}