In this important new anthology, Steven Connor gathers together examples of the range of new critical approaches to Dickens, and includes selections from the work of some of the most original and distinguished critics: Mikhail Bakhtin, Peter Brooks, Terry Eagleton, D A Miller, J Hillis Miller and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, along with an essay by Steven Connor himself written specially for this volume. The selection is designed not only to represent the full range and energy of approaches to Dickens, but also to allow the reader to compare and contrast different treatments of particular Dickens novels, such as Bleak House, Great Expectations and Our Mutual Friend.