Dickens, Journalism, Music

Robert Terrell Bledsoe is Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA. He is the author of Henry Fothergill Chorley: VictorianJournalist and has contributed articles to leading Victorian Studiesjournals and major reference works.

• Acknowledgments \ Abbreviations \ Introduction \ 1. Household Words: 1850-1859 \ 2. All The Year Round: 1859-1870 \ 3. Chorley's World and All The Year Round \ 4. Music and Friendship \ Epilogue \ Notes \ Appendix \ Works Cited \ Index

In Dickens, Journalism, Music Robert Bledsoeoffersa meticulously thorough and informative exploration of musical topics treatedin Household Words and All the Year Round, and further examinesDickens's personal relations with musicians and music critics. Alert tocontradictions and developments between articles which Dickens published overnearly twenty years, Bledsoe provides judicious assessment of Dickens's musicaltastes. He thoughtfully discusses music in relation to Dickens's wider concernsand convincingly demonstrates its importance for an understanding of both hislife and works.