Tag Archives: Charles Dickens

“Giant propensitites” and “Calvinistic doctrines”: Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Jane Eyre’ reviewed

Posted on 01/03/2026 by alasdairflett

Subjectivity is often hailed as the great modernist innovation in literature. To place the “I” at the centre, to consider life as interpretable only through the subject, the beholder, not the beheld, to be True – that is the modernist … Continue reading →

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Scrooge the Affective Altruist: ‘A Christmas Carol’ reviewed

Posted on 10/12/2023 by alasdairflett

I have a complicated relationship with Charles Dickens. He is the epitome of the Author. He was hugely prolific, massively popular, and has had a profound cultural impact on how Britain sees itself. How is it possible, then, to dismiss … Continue reading →

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