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"The Chimney Sweeper" is the title of a poem by William Blake, published in two parts in Songs of Innocence in 1789 and Songs of Experience in 1794. The poem "The Chimney Sweeper" is set against the dark background of child labour that was prominent in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
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Creative works about chimney sweeps, people who clean ash and soot from chimneys. Pages in category "Works about chimney sweeps" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The Chimney Sweep may refer to: The Chimney Sweep, directed by Georges Méliès "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep", a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen; Springman and the SS, also known as "The Chimney Sweep", a 1946 Czechoslovakian film directed by Jiří Brdečka and Jiří Trnka
Thus, The Chimney Sweep is a bricolage, combining Méliès's sense of fantasy with the dramatic, realist tone of popular Pathé films, possibly with a young audience in mind. [3] The chase at the end of the film also suggests Méliès's attempts to keep up with the times, as chase films had become a popular trend.
Kirkus Reviews called the novel a "slow-moving, richly textured suspenser" and wrote that it "shows Vine at her most weblike". [2] The Virginia Quarterly Review stated: "Reminiscent of Mary Gordon's memoir about her search for the reality of her writer father, this is a superb work of fiction."
A chimney sweep in Wexford, Ireland in 1850. A chimney sweep is a person who inspects then clears soot and creosote from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to create a draught and draw air over the hot coals or wood enabling continued combustion. Chimneys may be straight or contain many changes of ...
Articles relating to chimney sweeps, persons who clear ash and soot from chimneys. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. W.