{"product_id":"great-expectations-ignatius-critical-editions","title":"Great Expectations (Ignatius Critical Editions)","description":"Pope John Paul I described Dickens’ books as \"filled with love for the poor and a sense of social regeneration . . . Warm with imagination and humanity\". Such true charity permeates Dickens’ novels and ultimately drives the characters either to choose regeneration or risk disintegration. In Great Expectations, Pip—symbolic of the pilgrim convert—gains both improved fortunes and a growth in wisdom, but as he acquires the latter, he must relinquish the former—ending with a wealth of profound goodness, not of worldly goods.\nThat the Dickensian message was a Christian one is unmistakable. Reminiscent of an Augustinian model, one of reflection, conversion, and moral improvement, Pip undergoes an internal change that manifests itself in his profound contrition for his earlier deeds and his equally profound resolution to make amends. As we travel with Pip, we find that Dickens leads us to an acceptance of worldly limitations and an anticipation of final salvation.\nThe exciting new edition of Dickens’s classic novel includes critical essays by some of today’s leading Dickens scholars.\nThe Ignatius Critical Editions represent a tradition-oriented alternative to popular textbook series such as the Norton Critical Editions or Oxford World Classics, and are designed to concentrate on traditional readings of the Classics of world literature. While many modern critical editions have succumbed to the fads of modernism and post-modernism, this series will concentrate on tradition-oriented criticism of these great works.\nEdited by acclaimed literary biographer, Joseph Pearce, the Ignatius Critical Editions will ensure that traditional moral readings of the works are given prominence, instead of the feminist, or deconstructionist readings that often proliferate in other series of 'critical editions'. As such, they represent a genuine extension of consumer-choice, enabling educators, students and lovers of good literature to buy editions of classic literary works without having to 'buy into' the ideologies of secular fundamentalism.\n\nThe series is ideal for anyone wishing to understand great works of western civilization, enabling the modern reader to enjoy these classics in the company of some of the finest literature professors alive today.\\\nContributors to this volume:\nRaimund Borgmeier\nCrystal Downing\nAnthony Esolen\nMichael Hanke\nMitchell Kalpakgian\nJill Kriegel\nRobert P. Lewis\nRegis Martin\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1586174266\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1586174266.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Dickens, Charles|Kriegel, Jill\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41633385349178,"sku":"DBV.1586174266.G","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1586174266-0.jpg?v=1788666053","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/great-expectations-ignatius-critical-editions","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}