{"id":12777,"date":"2012-02-02T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=12777"},"modified":"2012-02-07T11:01:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T15:01:50","slug":"a-charles-dickens-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2012\/02\/a-charles-dickens-february\/","title":{"rendered":"A Charles Dickens February"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Kevin Grace<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Drawing<\/a>In our Dickens scene for today, young Oliver watches the Dodger pickpocket a gentleman at a newsstand, an image drawn by London caricaturist George Cruikshank (1792-1878).\u00a0 Cruikshank penned scathing cartoons in which he lampooned the well-heeled set of London as well as the denizens of despair, and it is these drawings which have made his lasting reputation for 19th<\/sup> century English social and political commentary.\u00a0\u00a0 Cruikshank also illustrated several books by Dickens and, in fact, toward the end of his life he claimed that it was he who devised the plot of Oliver Twist.\u00a0 <\/em>Dickens, as one would expect, viewed these literary matters quite differently and was rather miffed at Cruickshank anyway because the artist gave up a life of mild debauchery to reject the drink and to squelch discussion of his numerous illegitimate offspring with his mistress, Adelaide Attree.\u00a0 Dickens thought imbibing in moderation was quite all right.\u00a0 We shan\u2019t say whether it was for alcohol or keeping paramours.<\/p>\n

\"George<\/a>

George Cruikshank<\/p><\/div>\n

There are quite a number of Dickens commemorative events this year, the best of which is this website devoted to his bicentennial: http:\/\/www.dickens2012.org\/<\/a> and a variety of events in England: http:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/travel\/201201257057\/dickens-bicentenary-celebrations-england\/<\/a>.\u00a0 And even Prince Charles is getting involved, there being little for princes to do in February: http:\/\/www.bookbrunch.co.uk\/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11865:prince-of-wales-to-lead-dickens-bicentennial-celebrations&catid=914:books&Itemid=93<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Locally, the wonderful Mercantile Library of Cincinnati is commemorating Dickens\u2019 birthday next Tuesday, the 7th<\/sup>, with showings of film adaptations and a nice piece of history regarding the author\u2019s visit to Cincinnati in the 19th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 It is understood that there will be a punch available that day:<\/p>\n

\"Event<\/a><\/p>\n

To get an idea of our Dickens holdings in the Archives & Rare Books Library, please follow this link: http:\/\/uclid.uc.edu\/search~S18?\/adickens%2C+charles\/adickens+charles\/1%2C3%2C144%2CB\/exact&FF=adickens+charles+1812+1870&1%2C141%2C<\/a>.\u00a0 For more information about the Archives & Rare Books Library and its collections, please call 513.556.1959, email us at archives@ucmail.uc.edu<\/a>, or visit our website at www.libraries.uc.edu\/libraries\/arb\/archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Kevin Grace In our Dickens scene for today, young Oliver watches the Dodger pickpocket a gentleman at a newsstand, an image drawn by London caricaturist George Cruikshank (1792-1878).\u00a0 Cruikshank penned scathing cartoons in which he lampooned the well-heeled set … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,31],"tags":[53,35,67],"class_list":["post-12777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arb","category-uc","tag-cincinnati-history","tag-just-interesting","tag-rare-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}