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CONTENTS
Foreword.......................................v
The Stranger on the Threshold: Perambulating the Underworld of The Pickwick Papers
Yasuki KIHARA.......................................1
Demarcating the Borders:
Exploring Dickensian Realism in Oliver Twist
Midori NIINO.......................................15
They Are Living and Must Die
Yasuhiko MATSUMOTO.......................................31
Scrooge as a Time Traveler: The Dream Structure of A Christmas Carol
Yumiko HIRONO.......................................48
Christmas Carols to Sing: The Rise of a Cultural and Commercial Phenomenon, 1936-1963
David CHANDLER....................................... 62
The Connective in Dombey and Son
Toru SASAKI.......................................79
Child Abuse and Its Aftermath in Great Expectations
Akiko TAKEI.......................................90
"The Times are Levelling Times": Violence in the Age of Democracy and Imperialism in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Fumie TAMAI.......................................104
Dickens and Genre Painting: Influence from Ostade and Sir David Wilkie
Nanako KONOSHIMA.......................................120
Dickens's Amateur Theatricals: Towards a Compilation of the Dramatic Pieces Performed
Takao SAIJO.......................................139
Dickens and "Sleep-Waking"
Tomoya WATANABE.......................................159
Dickens and Mind-forg'd Manacles: The Mechanisms of Memory, Love, and Madness
Mitsuharu MATSUOKA.......................................174
Dickens's Women Characters: Subversive Responses to the Difficulties in Marriage
Aya YATSUGI.......................................191
An Ambivalent View of Vagrants in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Britain
Takanobu TANAKA.......................................205
Notes on Editors and Contributors.......................................221
Index.......................................224
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