Thomas Hardy in context / edited by Phillip Mallett.
"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 wh...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xlviii, 520 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: List of illustrations; Preface; Note on editions; List of abbreviations; Chronology Phillip Mallett; Part I. Life and Works: 1. Life and life David Amigoni; 2. Memoirs and recollections Trish Ferguson; 3. Friendships William Greenslade; 4. The public Hardy Simon Gatrell; 5. Serial into volume Andrew Nash; 6. Illustration Pamela Dalziel; Part II. Critical Fortunes: 7. Critical responses I: the novels to 1970 Sarah Maier; 8. Critical responses II: the novels from 1970 Tim Dolin; 9. Hardy's poets as his critics Peter Robinson; Part III. The Literary Scene: 10. Thomas Hardy and realism Francis O'Gorman; 11. Tragedy and the novel K. K. Newton; 12. Hardy and the short story Sophie Gilmartin; 13. Poet, poetry, poem Francesco Marroni; 14. The Dynasts in epic context Herbert Tucker; Part IV. The Historical and Cultural Context: 15. Hardy and social class Christine Devine; 16. 'The Dorsetshire Labourer' Fred Reid; 17. Education and social class Jane Mattisson; 18. Hardy and the sociological imagination Roger Ebbatson; 19. Folklore and anthropology Andrew Radford; 20. Archaeology Rebecca Welshman; 21. The Victorian philological contexts of Hardy's poetry Dennis Taylor; 22. Physics, geology, astronomy Adelene Buckland; 23. Culture Mary Rimmer; 24. Hardy and hellenism Shannon Fiske; 25. Faith and doubt Norman Vance; 26. Hardy's philosophy Mark Asquith; 27. Positivism: Comte and Mill T. R. Wright; 28. Hardy and the law Melanie Williams; 29. Hardy, Darwin and The Origin of Species Phillip Mallett; 30. Heredity Angelique Richardson; 31. Psychology Jenny Bourne Taylor; 32. Marriage Ann Heilmann; 33. The new woman Carolyn Burdett; 34. Hardy and masculinity Elizabeth Langland; 35. Hardy's London Keith Wilson; 36. Hardy and Englishness Patrick Parrinder; 37. Empire Jane Bownas and Rena Jackson; 38. Hardy, militarism and war Glen Wickens; 39. Hardy and music John Hughes; 40. Thomas Hardy and the visual arts Jane Thomas; Part V. Legacies: 41. Lawrence's Hardy Michael Herbert; 42. Larkin's Hardy John Osborne; 43. Hardy on film Roger Webster; Further reading.