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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Life and works. Life and life / David Amigoni ; Memoirs and recollections / Trish Ferguson ; Thomas Hardy and friendships / William Greenslade ; The public Hardy / Simon Gatrell ; From serial to volume / Andrew Nash ; Illustration / Pamela Dalziel -- Critical fortunes. Critical responses I: the novels to 1970 / Sarah E. Maier ; Critical responses II: the novels from 1970 / Tim Dolin ; Hardy's poets as his critics / Peter Robinson -- Literary scene. Thomas Hardy and realism / Francis O'Gorman ; Tragedy and the novel / K.M. Newton ; Hardy and the short story / Sophie Gilmartin ; Poet, poetry, poem / Francesco Marroni ; The dynasts in epic context / Herbert F. Tucker -- Historical and cultural context. Hardy and social class / Christine Devine ; 'The Dorsetshire Labourer' / Fred Reid ; Education and social class / Jane Mattisson ; Hardy and the sociological imagination / Roger Ebbatson ; Folklore and anthropology / Andrew Radford ; Archaeology / Rebecca Welshman ; The Victorian philological contexts of Hardy's poetry / Dennis Taylor ; Physics, geology, astronomy / Adelene Buckland ; Culture / Mary Rimmer ; Hardy and hellenism / Shanyn Fiske ; Faith and doubt / Norman Vance ; Hardy's philosophy / Mark Asquith ; Positivism: Comte and Mill / T.R. Wright ; Hardy and the law / Melanie Williams ; Hardy, Darwin and The origin of species / Phillip Mallett ; Heredity / Angelique Richardson ; Psychology / Jenny Bourne Taylor ; Marriage / Ann Heilmann ; The new woman / Carolyn Burdett ; Hardy and masculinity / Elizabeth Langland ; Hardy's London / Keith Wilson ; Hardy and Englishness / Patrick Parrinder ; Empire / Jane Bownas and Rena Jackson ; Hardy, militarism and war / Glen Wickens ; Hardy and music / John Hughes ; Thomas Hardy and the visual arts / Jane Thomas -- Legacies. Lawrence's Hardy / Michael Herbert ; Larkin's Hardy / John Osborne ; Hardy on film / Roger Webster. |
| Summary |
"This collection covers the range of Thomas Hardy's works and their social and intellectual contexts, providing a comprehensive introduction to Hardy's life and times. Featuring short, lively contributions from forty-four international scholars, the volume explores the processes by which Hardy the man became Hardy the published writer; the changing critical responses to his work; his response to the social and political challenges of his time; his engagement with contemporary intellectual debate; and his legacy in the twentieth century and after. Emphasising the subtle and ongoing interaction between Hardy's life, his creative achievement and the unique historical moment, the collection also examines Hardy's relationship to such issues as class, education, folklore, archaeology and anthropology, evolution, marriage and masculinity, empire and the arts. A valuable contextual reference for scholars of Victorian and modernist literature, the collection will also prove accessible for the general reader of Hardy"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Mallett, Phillip, 1946-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thomas Hardy in context. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521196482 (DLC) 2012012500 (OCoLC)785390182 |
| ISBN |
9781139624497 (electronic book) |
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1139624490 (electronic book) |
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9781139611473 (e-book) |
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113961147X (e-book) |
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9780521196482 |
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0521196485 |
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