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Thomas Hardy / Patricia Ingham.
Van Pelt Library PR4757.F5 I54 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ingham, Patricia.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
- Oxford world's classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Fictional works.
- Hardy, Thomas.
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Criticism and interpretation--History.
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.
- Literature and society--England--History--19th century.
- Literature and society.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- History.
- England.
- Wessex (England)--In literature.
- Wessex (England).
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 263 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- Part of the new OWC series, Authors in Context, Thomas Hardy is a critical companion to the OWC Hardy editions. It examines Hardy's novels and puts them in their author's social, cultural, and political contexts. Thomas Hardy was born before the invention of the car, the telephone, and the airplane, when no woman could vote, when there were different rules for men and women wanting to divorce, and education was the preserve of the upper classes. He lived to see the Zeppelins over London, new divorce laws, wider educational opportunities, votes for women, and the questioning of religion. In novels such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure Hardy engaged directly with the issues of the day, and his fiction resonates with contemporary concerns. This book explores the interconnections between life and art, and shows how modern interpretations in film and television create new contexts in which to read the works afresh.
- Contents:
- 1. The Life of Thomas Hardy 1
- 2. The Fabric of Society 32
- 3. The Literary Context 69
- 4. Social Issues: Class in Hardy's Novels 104
- 5. Social Issues: Women and Society 129
- 6. Hardy and Science: Space, Time, Evolution, and the Human Race 153
- 7. Religious Issues 181
- 8. Hardy Recontextualized 213
- Versions of Hardy's Novels for Cinema and Television 253.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0192839802
- OCLC:
- 50323113
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