Power and Emotion: Food Writing in Dombey and Son
Scientific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, (2026), Vol.8, No.7, pp.317-324
Published: August 12, 2026
DOI: 10.54691/0vespv42
Abstract
Charles John Huffam Dickens has a certain amount of food writing in his novel Dombey and Son, which carries profound implications and meanings. Analyzing the food writing content in this work deeply is conducive to a deeper understanding of the underlying meanings that the food writing conceals, clarifying the power relations and the flow of emotions contained in the food writing, and thereby gaining a deeper understanding of the duality in Charles John Huffam Dickens’s thoughts expressed through food writing in this novel, which are about his critique of social issues at that time, as well as his expectations for addressing the social issues and for the development of the society at that time.
Keywords:
Food writing; Dombey and Son; power relations; the flow of emotions; duality.
APA Citation:
Meng Huang (2026). Power and Emotion: Food Writing in Dombey and Son. Scientific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(7), 317-324. https://doi.org/10.54691/0vespv42
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