In search of the “tranquil light” : resolving the spiritual crisis in great expectations.

• Main Author: Kwan, Truda Yue Ming.
• Other Authors: Tamara Silvia Wagner
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44240
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Great Expectations, one of the most famous novels written by Charles Dickens, criticises society's obsession with social mobility and materialism. However, underlying this obsession is the more important theme of spiritual crisis, which refers to an individual's personal lack of or search...