Author: Ernest Brennecke (jr.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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Thomas Hardy's Universe and the Life of Thomas Hardy, by Ernest Brennecke, Jr...
Author: Ernest Brennecke (jr.)Thomas Hardy's Universe
Author: Ernest BrenneckeThomas Hardy's universe
Author: Ernest BrenneckeThomas Hardy's Novel Universe
Author: Pamela GossinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351879251
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In this, the first book-length study of astronomy in Hardy's writing, historian of science and literary scholar Pamela Gossin brings the analytical tools of both disciplines to bear as she offers unexpected and sophisticated readings of seven novels that enrich Darwinian and feminist perspectives on his work, extend formalist evaluations of his achievement as a writer, and provide fresh interpretations of enigmatic passages and scenes. In an elegantly crafted introduction, Gossin draws together the shared critical values and methods of literary studies and the history of science to articulate a hybrid model of scholarly interpretation and analysis that promotes cross-disciplinary compassion and understanding within the current contention of the science/culture wars. She then situates Hardy's own deeply interdisciplinary knowledge of astronomy and cosmology within both literary and scientific traditions, from the ancient world through the Victorian era. Gossin offers insightful new assessments of A Pair of Blue Eyes, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, Two on a Tower, The Woodlanders, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure, arguing that Hardy's personal synthesis of ancient and modern astronomy with mythopoetic and scientific cosmologies enabled him to write as a literary cosmologist for the post-Darwinian world. The profound new myths that comprise Hardy's novel universe can be read as a sustained set of literary thought-experiments by which he critiques the possibilities, limitations, and dangers of living out the storylines that such imaginative cosmologies project for his time - and ours.
The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy
Author: Rosemarie MorganPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317041283
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
In The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy, some of the most prominent Hardy specialists working today offer an overview of Hardy scholarship and suggest new directions in Hardy studies. The contributors cover virtually every area relevant to Hardy's fiction and poetry, including philosophy, palaeontology, biography, science, film, popular culture, beliefs, gender, music, masculinity, tragedy, topography, psychology, metaphysics, illustration, bibliographical studies and contemporary response. While several collections have surveyed the Hardy landscape, no previous volume has been composed especially for scholars and advanced graduate students. This companion is specially designed to aid original research on Hardy and serve as the critical basis for Hardy studies in the new millennium. Among the features are a comprehensive bibliography that includes not only works in English but, in acknowledgment of Hardy's explosion in popularity around the world, also works in languages other than English.
The Life of Thomas Hardy
Author: Ernest BrenneckePublisher: New York, Greenberg
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Thomas Hardy's universe
Author: Ernest BrenneckeThe Life of Thomas Hardy
Author: Ernest BenneckeThomas Hardy, Poet & Novelist
Author: Samuel Claggett ChewPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The Poetry of Thomas Hardy
Author: J. O. BaileyPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469639394
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 745
Book Description
This handbook provides the background necessary for fully understanding the nearly one thousand poems of Hardy. As it treats the poems individually and often supplements the analysis of a poem by relating it to other poems and to passages in the fiction, every comment helps build a portrait of Hardy as a poet. Originally published in 1970. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.