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Languages : en
Pages : 161
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THOMAS HARDY AND THE MODERN WORLD. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE 1973 SUMMER SCHOOL. ED. BY F. B. PINION.
Author: Thomas Hardy and the Modern World
Author: F. B. PinionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Thomas Hardy and the Comic Muse
Author: J. K. Lloyd JonesPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443806269
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
There has long been a tendency to regard Thomas Hardy as a great tragic writer and to ignore or underestimate the value of his comic works. This derives no doubt partly from the fact that comedy as an art form has been consistently undervalued ever since Aristotle dealt with it so slightly and so slightingly. It also stems from the evident inability of some readers and critics to allow an artist a wide scope and multiple voices. Thomas Hardy and the Comic Muse discusses the nature of comedy and the various theories that purport to explain or define it, and examines Hardy’s works — novels, short stories, and poetry — in terms of the categories of farce, humour, satire, and wit. It looks at where and why Hardy made use of these forms of comedy, what his historical sources were, and why this side of his work has been so frequently neglected. It also looks at what insights might be offered by Hardy — both directly and indirectly — to answer the difficult but always tantalizing question: what is comedy? The two subjects, Hardy and Comedy, are counterpointed throughout so that they prove to be mutually illuminating.
Re-reading Pío Baroja and English Literature
Author: Katharine MurphyPublisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783039103003
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This volume investigates a broad range of structural connections between PThis volume investigates a broad range of structural connections between Pío Baroja's early fiction and the novels of his contemporaries in England and Ireland, with prominence given to Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, E. M. Forster and James Joyce. Starting from the premise that Spain has been neglected in studies which assess the evolution of the European novel at the turn of the twentieth century, and challenging the insular concept of the 'Generation of 1898', the author reassesses the relationship between Baroja and English literature. Particular emphasis is given to renderings of consciousness, the role and identity of the artist, European landscapes, and questions of form, genre and representation in the novels under scrutiny. The book produces new readings of Baroja in the context of early twentieth-century English fiction.
Thomas Hardy and the Survivals of Time
Author: Andrew RadfordPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351879340
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A systematic exploration of Thomas Hardy's imaginative assimilation of particular Victorian sciences, this study draws on and swells the widening current of scholarly attention now being paid to the cultural meanings compacted and released by the nascent 'sciences of man' in the nineteenth century. Andrew Radford here situates Hardy's fiction and poetry in a context of the new sciences of humankind that evolved during the Victorian age to accommodate an immense range of literal and figurative 'excavations' then taking place. Combining literary close readings with broad historical analyses, he explores Hardy's artistic response to geological, archaeological and anthropological findings. In particular, he analyzes Hardy's lifelong fascination with the doctrine of 'survivals,' a term coined by E.B. Tylor in Primitive Culture (1871) to denote customs, beliefs and practices persisting in isolation from their original cultural context. Radford reveals how Hardy's subtle reworking of Tylor's doctrine offers a valuable insight into the inter-penetration of science and literature during this period. An important aspect of Radford's research focuses on lesser known periodical literature that grew out of a British amateur antiquarian tradition of the nineteenth century. His readings of Hardy's literary notebooks disclose the degree to which Hardy's own considerable scientific knowledge was shaped by the middlebrow periodical press. Thus Thomas Hardy and the Survivals of Time raises questions not only about the reception of scientific ideas but also the creation of nonspecialist forms of scientific discourse. This book represents a genuinely new perspective for Hardy studies.
Thomas Hardy and the Modern World
Author: F. B. PinionGeneral Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 946
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An Annotated Critical Bibliography of Thomas Hardy
Author: Ronald P. DraperPublisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Bibliography of Writings about Thomas Hardy for the Years 1970 to 1985
Author: Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired
Author: British LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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