The expression of things : themes in Thomas Hardy's fiction and poetry / John Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, John, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Criticism and interpretation.

Hardy, Thomas.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.

Music in literature.

Human body in literature.

Voice in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 217 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Eastbourne : Sussex Academic Press, 2018.

Contents:

Introduction I: "Expression" II: "No harmonious philosophy" music

"Souls unreconciled to life": Hardy and music

"Tune and thought": the uses of music in Hardy's poetry

"Music and context": Hardy's poetry and fiction emotion

"A strange respect for the individual": Gilles Deleuze and Hardy the novelist

"What I see in their faces": facial inspiration in Hardy's fiction voice

"Metre and context": Hardy's "neutral tones"

"Metre and mourning": "The going" and poems of 1912-13

"Hardy's two voices": "The oxen", metre and belief.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845198121

1845198123

OCLC:

982088840