Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166) and index.
Contents
Hardy and "the thinking world" -- The question of 'woman' -- Desperate remedies (1871) : the 'martyrdom of self-conceit' -- A pair of blue eyes (1873) : policing the self -- The hand of Ethelberta (1876) : the limits of resistance -- A Laodicean (1881) : 'the artificial system of things' -- The well-beloved (1897) : Galatea's revenge.
