Are traditional texts always what they seem? Great Expectations pt2 (lecture)
Video lecture by Simon Swift, University of Leeds and discussion board.
In this second part of his lecture, Simon Swift talks about social change and how we can connect the text of 'The Communist Manifesto' to 'Great Expectations'.
Date Published:
16 August 2012
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Contributors:
Simon Swift
In Collection(s):
Charles Dickens, Economic and Social Literary Criticism, Political Literature, What is Literature, and Why Does It Matter?
Keywords:
lesson, Teaching, communist manifesto, dickens, Marx, Engels, Key Stage 5
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Are traditional texts always what they seem? Great Expectations pt2 (lecture) by Charles Dickens at https://www.theenglishfaculty.org/a-levels/item/303-are-traditional-texts-always-what-they-seem?-great-expectations-pt22 via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/are-traditional-texts-always-what-they-seem-great-expectations-pt2-lecture. Published on 16 August 2012. Accessed on 15 May 2026.
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