Dickens and the Children of Empire

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Dickens and the Children of Empire examines the themes of childhood and empire throughout Dickens’ ouevre. The prestigious group of contributors initiate and extend debates on the subjects of post-colonialism, literature of the child and present childhood as an apt metaphor for the colonized subject in Dickens’ work.