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Languages : en
Pages : 64
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The Thomas Hardy Year Book
Author: Bibliography of Writings about Thomas Hardy for the Years 1970 to 1985
Author: Thomas Hardy's Minor Novels
Author: Beat RiesenPublisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Whereas Thomas Hardy's major novels have received ample attention, his minor ones have been singularly neglected by critics. In the present work an attempt has been made to go beyond the treatment of these novels as separate items and to emphasize their character as stages in a progression, expressions of different phases in a process of artistic development. The present study attempts to see these novels in relation to the unfolding of Hardy's literary career as a whole. Underlying this approach is the view that all Hardy's novels, whether denominated major or minor, can be regarded as milestones in his fictional development, and that the concept of major or minor depends essentially on the view of Hardy's novels as a collection of separate individual items, rather than as parts of a single oeuvre.
Thomas Hardy's Major Novels
Author: Julie SherrickPublisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Thomas Hardy's Major Novels provides a needed update of contemporary criticism on the important English novelist. Unlike existing bibliographies, this volume specifically addresses the needs of both college teachers and scholars, as well as those teachers without an intense background in the work of Thomas Hardy. The bibliography furnishes a lengthy background into the time period and literary context of each novel. Referenced works are representative of current critical work that exists from a number of different schools of thought and interpretation. The annotated bibliography provides complete, informative, yet concise summaries, as well as evaluations of the value of the source. The bulk of the bibliography is divided into six sections, each focused on secondary sources pertaining to specific Thomas Hardy novels including: Far From the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Woodlanders, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure. The sources are grouped into subsections organized around the thrust of the Hardy study, whether it relates to the circumstances of composition, comparative work, discussion relating to the nature of the novel, salient features of the novel, or studies of character analysis.
Thomas Hardy
Author: Martin RayPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351879375
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This is the definitive textual analysis of all of Hardy's collected short stories, tracing the development of each from manuscript, through newspaper serial versions, galley proofs and revises to collected editions in volume form. It is no surprise to discover that Hardy's capacity for inveterate revision is manifested in his tales as it was in his novels. Even those stories for which he professed little regard were meticulously and continuously revised, in some cases more than thirty years after their first publication. The alterations extend to the most minute details of plot, landscape, characterisation and style, as well as the restoration of bowdlerised passages which had been demanded by serial magazines. This study will play a major role in elevating the importance of this genre in Hardy's prolific output and will illuminate his textual practices - an area of considerable and growing interest to a large number of scholars and students.
Hardy's Topographical Lexicon and the Canon of Intent
Author: Margaret FaurotPublisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
This study of Thomas Hardy's poetry hinges on the discovery of Hardy's topographical lexicon, his recurring vocabulary of earth-measure replicating his geographic, temporal, and cultural, landscape. The discovery provides Hardy with a poetic canon that shows the poet, his native ground, the age he lived through, and the intellectual milieu that defined it to be an uncommon holism of man, provenance, and art. The introductory chapter identifies the topographical lexicon, extracts the symbology arising from the re-measure of Wessex occasioned by the topographical lexicon, and shows the logic inherent in Hardy's response to the thought of the age to be congruent with the symbological cointent of Wessex. The following chapters are devoted to a reading of the eight volumes of poetry in sequence, according to a paradigm construed from lexicon, symbology, and logic.
Thomas Hardy: The Poems
Author: Gillian SteinbergPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350309451
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Gillian Steinberg offers an approachable introduction to the poems of one of the most prolific and influential English writers, through an examination of wide-ranging selections from his work. Part I of this invaluable study: - Provides clear and stimulating close readings of Thomas Hardy's key poems - Considers major themes in Hardy's poetry, including ghosts, God's role in the world, war, and the painful passage of time - Summarizes the methods of analysis and provides suggestions for further work Part II supplies essential background material, featuring: - An account of Hardy's life and works - Samples of criticism from important Hardy scholars With a helpful Further Reading section, this insightful volume is ideal for anyone who wishes to appreciate and explore Hardy's poetry for themselves.
Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of CongressThomas Hardy: Distracted Preacher?
Author: Timothy R. HandsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349200336
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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