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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Tale of Two Cities: Lecture Notes

  • lecture idea brought upon by French and London student swap (London to France for architecture, France to London for music based on architecture)
  • Dickens conceived main idea whilst acting with his children and friends the drama of "The Frozen Deep" > gives it personal significance for Dickens
  • Preface: story shaped itself, had complete possession of him, he has done and suffered what is on the pages > personal intensity
  •  1857, Wilkie Collins + Dickens directed an amateur play > Dickens played the protagonist > inspired by 1845 Franklin Expedition to the North Passage (all perished)
  • Dickens returns to the theme of sacrifice in the Tale of Two Cities
  • 1857, production in Manchester > Dickens didn't want the play to be done by amateurs, crew: Ternans, fell in love with the daughter (Ellen Ternan and divorced to be with her)
  • Lucie in Tale of Two Cities based off of Ellen
  • doubleness of characters (CD, DC), considered naming character Richard or Dick
  • 1858 > public readings  for profit as opposed to charity readings > established new relationship, became greatest reader of greatest writer of the age
  • November 1858 > separate from publishers
  • New journal 75% ownership
  • April 30 > Chapters 2 and 3 of the Tale published
  • suffering documented, first brought to London at age 10 (father's work), vile place yet important to his creative purposes, London is his inspiration
Edgar's Notes:

Jisu's Notes:
  • First stage of the novel in March, 1860
  • The most famous adaptation was called "The Only Way"- dramatization done by two clergymen with influential images
  • 1935- First sound film by Ronald Coleman: The only way it was shown was through BBC Television
  • Hard to overestimate the importance of Thomas Carlyle in 19th century
  • Thomas Carlyle- Essayist, biographer, social thinker and historian
  • Carlyle and Dickens met in 1840 and became friends
  • In 1870 after Dickens' death, Carlyle described Dickens as clear sighted, loving man
  • Dickens loved Thomas Carlyle's literary works- "Wonderful piece"
  • Carlyle's history of French Revolution- full of flashing insights and full of events happening at night
  • "Footsteps"-symbol 
Yesi's Notes:
Millie's Notes:

Collaboration: Yesenia Beas, Edgar Rodriguez, Jisu Yoon, and Millicent Angulo
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