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Economic Injustice in the Fictional Works of Dickens and Gaskell
In his text on human commercial practices and economic behaviors, author James Black diverges from many of the dryer and less nuanced textual considerations of socioeconomic dynamics. He does so by couching his discussion in frequent divergences into iconic and modern works of fiction. These add a humanitarian consideration to many of his discussion points, helping to provide more complex rationales for why human beings in business and matters of money tend to behave the way they do. Beyond this, Black provides a compelling template for consideration of broader sociological concerns. This serves as an ideal framework for the present discussion, which considers pressing human issues such as poverty and labor conditions. Hereafter, we consider the works of Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Gaskell, both of whom would comment extensively on the economic affairs of societies in their highly politicized fictional writing.
The issue of poverty, and particularly of that in an urban context during the industrial revolution, would distinguish the fictional works of Charles Dickens. And in the palpable commentary that the British author offers, it is plainly apparent why writers such as Black have asserted the pertinence of allegorical fiction to discussions on far-reaching sociological and economic realities. For Dickens, the type of poverty, suffering...
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