Thomas Hardy : the novels /: the novels. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Norman Page.
• Other Names: Page, Norman
• Contents: Writer and reader. The mayor of Casterbridge and the voice of the Hardyan narrator -- Jude the obscure : dramatic method -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles : the narrative of indirection -- Far from the madding crowd and psychological analysis -- Beginnings and endings. The mayor of Casterbridge : a family without a name -- Far from the madding crowd : a 'rural painting' -- Jude the obscure : the uses of realism -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles : the case of the disappearing heroine -- Nature and humanity. Tess of the d'Urbervilles : 'impregnated by their surroundings' -- Jude the obscure : landscape and alienation -- Far from the madding crowd : nature's violence -- The mayor of Casterbridge : the uncertainty of harvests -- Individuals and communities. Far from the madding crowd : 'in harmony' -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles : the 'club-walking' Jude the obscure : the outsider -- The mayor of Casterbridge : communal punishment -- Tradition and change. Tess of the d'Urbervilles : the two worlds of country and city -- Jude the obscure : change in the village -- The mayor of Casterbridge : the mechanization of farming -- Far from the madding crowd : the woman farmer -- Men and women. Far from the madding crowd : a symbolic seduction -- Jude the obscure : male innocence and female designs -- The mayor of Casterbridge : love and rivalry -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles : ideal and reality in love -- Hardy's life and work. The context of Hardy's fiction. Samples of criticism. Thomas Hardy : his career as a novelist (1971) / Michael Millgate -- 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' (1951) / Arnold Kettle -- Cancelled words : rediscovering Thomas Hardy (1992) / Rosemarie Morgan. 'The unmanning of the mayor of Casterbridge' (1979) / Elaine Showalter -- Masculine desire : the sexual politics of victorian aestheticism (1990) / Richard Dellamora.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (208 pages)
• Subjects: 823/.8; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900; Wessex (Angleterre) dans la littérature; Criticism and interpretation; Literature; Wessex (England) -- In literature; England -- Wessex; Wessex (England) -- In literature; Fictional works; Oeuvres romanesques; Fictional works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137242983; 1137242981
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.