The Dickens industry: critical perspectives 1836-2005

The Dickens phenomenon (1836-1870)

The birth of the Dickens industry and the reaction against Victorianism (1870-1914)

Dickens among the moderns (1915-1940)

The tide turns (1940-1959)

Dickens and mainstream academic criticism (1960-1969)

The Dickens centenary and after (1970-1979)

Dickens in an age of theory I : new theories, new readings (1980-2000)

Dickens in an age of theory II : the persistence of traditional criticism (1980-2000)

The future of Dickens studies : trends in the twenty-first century

Major works by Charles Dickens

Chronological list of works cited.