Posted on 12/19/2013 7:00:34 PM PST by Perdogg
“What was Dickens really doing when he wrote A Christmas Carol? Answer: He was weighing in on one of the central economic debates of his time, the one that raged between Thomas Malthus and one of the disciples of Adam Smith.”
What nonsense. The idea that Dickens was directly trying to deal with Malthusian theory is so far out in the weeds as to be laughable. Dickens lived and wrote at a time of social reform in Britain. There were work houses and debtors prisons (of which he knew first hand). His desire (as oft stated in his works and in his personal life) was to improve conditions for those less fortunate (and not part of the landed class).
Modernist critical thinking always makes a mess when trying to analyze writings from today’s understanding.
a classic… have it on dvd
I like that one too….
That’s my favorite too. Since it’s rarely broadcast we bought the dvd.
Here it is on YouTube. I streamed it via Apple TV and we all watched it last night.
Bob’s Your Uncle!
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