| Description |
xxvi, 231 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Thomas Hardy : the biographical sources / Michael Millgate -- Wessex / Simon Gatrell -- Art and aesthetics / Norman Page -- Influence of religion, science, and philosophy on Hardy's writings / Robert Schweik -- Hardy and critical theory / Peter Widdowson -- Thomas Hardy and matters of gender / Kristin Brady -- Variants on genre : The return of the native, The mayor of Casterbridge, The hand of Ethelberta / Jakob Lothe -- Patriarchy of class : Under the greenwood tree, Far from the madding crowd, The woodlanders / Penny Boumelha -- Radical aesthetic of Tess of the d'Urbervilles / Linda M. Shires -- Hardy and readers : Jude the obscure / Dale Kramer -- Hardy as a nineteenth-century poet / Dennis Taylor -- Modernity of Thomas Hardy's poetry / John Paul Riquelme. |
| Subject |
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| Added Author |
Kramer, Dale, 1936-
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| ISBN |
0521562023 (hardback) |
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0521566924 (pbk.) |
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