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 +'''''A Christmas Carol''''' is a [[novella]] by English author [[Charles Dickens]], first published by [[Chapman & Hall]] on 19 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy [[Ebenezer Scrooge]]'s ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits from [[Jacob Marley]] and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim.
-The central figure of ''Laocoön'' served as loose inspiration for the [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] in [[Horatio Greenough]]'s ''[[The Rescue (statue)|The Rescue]]'' (1837-50) which stood before the east facade of the [[United States Capitol]] for over 100 years.+The book was written and published in early [[Victorian Era]] Britain, a period when there was both strong nostalgia for old Christmas traditions and an initiation of new practices such as [[Christmas trees]] and greeting cards. Dickens's sources for the tale appear to be many and varied but are principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the [[poor]], and various Christmas stories and fairy tales.
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-Near the end of [[Charles Dickens]]' [[A Christmas Carol]], Ebenezer Scrooge comments that he was "making a perfect Laocoön of himself with his stockings" which is a direct reference to the statue of Laocoön since Scrooge is in such a rush to get dressed that he becomes entangled in his clothes.+
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-In 1910 the critic [[Irving Babbitt]] used the title ''[[The New Laokoön|The New Laokoon: An Essay on the Confusion of the Arts]]'' for an essay on contemporary culture at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1940 [[Clement Greenberg]] adapted the concept for his own essay entitled ''[[Towards a Newer Laocoön]]'' in which he argued that abstract art now provided an ideal for artists to measure their work against, and this title was copied by a exhibition at the [[Henry Moore Institute]] which exhibited work by modern artists influenced by the sculpture.+
-==See also==+
-*[[Clamores horrendos]]+
-*[[Art horror]]+
-*[[Hellenistic art]]+
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A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens, first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits from Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim.

The book was written and published in early Victorian Era Britain, a period when there was both strong nostalgia for old Christmas traditions and an initiation of new practices such as Christmas trees and greeting cards. Dickens's sources for the tale appear to be many and varied but are principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales.



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