Browsing Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences by Author "Faron, Katharine Marie"
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The Causes of the Gordon Riots of 1780 : A Close Reading of Contemporary Accounts and Dickens's Barnaby Rudge
Faron, Katharine Marie (East Carolina University, 2010)Contemporary accounts of the Gordon Riots of 1780 are studied closely in order to ultimately determine how Dickens's use of these accounts in Barnaby Rudge reveals his view of the cause of the riots. Newspapers, political ...