TY - GEN T1 - The case of the initial letter : Charles Dickens and the politics of the dual alphabet T2 - Interventions. Rethinking the nineteenth century A1 - Edwards, Gavin A2 - Smith, Andrew A2 - Barton, Anna LA - English PP - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press YR - 2020 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1230563406 AB - The book analyses attempts by Dickens and other nineteenth-century writers to challenge established ways of using the distinction between upper and lower case letters, in the interests of a wider radicalism. It discusses Dickens's satire - on 'Shares' in Our Mutual Friend, on Paul Dombey's position as the 'Son' of Dombey and Son - alongside the proto-modernist typography of suffragist poet Augusta Webster and the work of Marx's translators transforming German conventions of capitalisation into English under the influence of Dickens and Carlyle. Placing these innovations within the history of the dual alphabet from its invention by Carolingian scribes to its rejection by modernist poets and the Bauhaus printers, the book tracks the dual alphabet through Dickens's manuscripts, corrected proofs, and the 'prompt copies' for his public Readings, highlighting distinct ways in which writing, printing and speech produce meaning. CN - PR468.P57 SN - 9781526146281 SN - 1526146282 SN - 9781526146304 SN - 1526146304 SN - 9781526146298 (hbk.) SN - 9781526146298 KW - Dickens, Charles, : 1812-1870 : Criticism and interpretation. KW - Dickens, Charles, : 1812-1870 KW - English literature : Political aspects : Great Britain : History : 19th century. KW - Alphabets : Social aspects : History : 19th century. KW - Initials. KW - English literature : 19th century : History and criticism. KW - Alphabets (Décoration) : Aspect social : Histoire : 19e siècle. KW - Littérature anglaise : 19e siècle : Histoire et critique. KW - LITERARY COLLECTIONS / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. KW - English literature KW - English literature : Political aspects KW - Initials KW - Great Britain KW - LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - 1800-1899 KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - History ER -