John L. Colle
Allen, Walter. The English Novel: A Short Critical History. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1954. Too short on Dickens to be of much help.
Bernbaum, Ernest, ed. Anthology of Romanticism. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1948. May be useful for teachers wanting to review some of Carlyle’s major writings.
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Guide through the Romantic Movement
. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1949. Chapter Eighteen about Carlyle is especially good.
Booth, Wayne, C.
The Rhetoric of Fiction
. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961. Chapter Six, “Types of Narration” is a must for teachers who teach point of view.
Burke, Edmund and Paine, Thomas. Reflections on the Revolution in France and The Rights of Man. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. Most helpful book.
Carlyle, Thomas. The French Revolution: A History. New York: The Heritage Press, 1956. Chronological summary at book’s end is especially helpful for the teacher who wants an unbiased account of events.
Collins, Philip, ed. Dickens: The Critical Heritage. London: The Chaucer Press, 1971. Good for learning what critics from 1859 to present have said about Dickens.
Evans, B. Ifor.
A Short History of English Literature
. Baltimore, Md., Penguin Books, 1940. Brief and not especially helpful panorama of English literature from
Beowulf
to Joyce.
Fielding, K. J.
Charles Dickens: A Critical Introduction
. New: York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1958. Chapter Ten is especially good concerning the background of Dickens and
Tale
.
Foner, Philip S., ed.
The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine
. New York: The Citadel Press, 1945. For the teacher who wants to read more than The Rights of Man.
Fussell, Paul.
The Rhetorical World of Augustan Humanism
. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965. Excellent book for the teacher wanting an in-depth analysis of Burke’s use of imagery and his rhetoric.
Goldberg, Michael.
Carlyle and Dickens
. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1972. Chapter Seven is excellent analysis of
Tale
and Carlyle’s
The French Revolution
.
Holmes, Mabel Dodge, ed. Dickens’s
A Tale of Two Cities
, abridged version. New York: Globe Book Company, 1941.
Karl, Frederick R.
A Reader’s Guide to the Nineteenth-Century British Novel
. New York: The Noonday Press, 1964. Chapter Five gives excellent overview of Dickens, but dismisses
Tale
in few sentences.
Legouis, Emile and Cazamian, Louis.
A History of English Literature
. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. Interesting, though general and outdated, criticism of Dickens. Cazamian, covering the years 1660-1914, is a bit trying—his sweeping generalizations sometime stagger the mind.
Miller, J. Hillis. Charles Dickens:
The World of His Novels
. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1965. Interesting reading for the teacher of Dickens, but not necessarily for
Tale
.
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The Form of Victorian Fiction
. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1968. Short on Dickens, but term “omniscient author” as Victorians saw it, is described.
Pooley, Robert C., et al.
Outlooks through Literature
. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1964. Freshman text in which abridged version of Tale is found.
Price, Martin.
To the Palace of Wisdom
. New York: Doubleday, 1964. Not very helpful book on Burke’s writing.
Reeves, Ruth E.
Ideas for Teaching English: Grades 7-8-9
. Champaign, Ill.: National Council of Teachers of English, 1966. Indispensable guide for teaching literature and grammar. Especially good motivating devices found here.
Smith, Dora V., et al. ed. Dickens’s
A Tale of Two Cities
, School Edition. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1961. Has a few pictures from the Ronald Colman motion picture.
Wagenknecht, Edward ed. Dickens’s
A Tale of Two Cities
. New York: Random House,
The Modern Library 1950. Probably best book for a critical introduction to Dickens and the novel.
Youngham, Edith Carol ed. Dickens’s
A Tale of Two Cities
, abridged version. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1950. Introductory background is excellent; students will enjoy reading this, too. Has nice silhouettes for students to copy for bulletin boards.