Dickens and the Pickwick Papers. Unstable Signs in a Transmodal Discourse

The paper, devoted to Dickens' narrative modes with special reference to "The Pickwick Papers", participates in the larger critical discourse posed by the volume about Literary Turning Points. The focus here is especially on The Pickwick Papers as a trasmodal narrative, inter-playing on words and images, coping with historical transformations as well as genre-adaptations.