Reading and mapping Hardy's roads / Scott Rode.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rode, Scott, author.

Series:

Studies in major literary authors (Unnumbered)

Studies in Major Literary Authors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Hardy, Thomas.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Return of the native.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Jude the obscure.

Roads in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines Thomas Hardy's representations of the road and the ways the archaeological and historical record of roads inform his work. Through an analysis of the uneven and often competing road signs found within three of his major novels -- The Return of the Native, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure - and by mapping the road travels of his protagonists, this book argues that the road as represented by Hardy provides a palimpsest that critiques the Victorian construction of social and sexual identities. Balancing modern exigencies with mythic possibilities, Hardy's fictive

Contents:

Front cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Orientation in a Disoriented Victorian World; Chapter 2. Figuring the Map in The Return of the Native; Chapter 3. Sexual Identity on the Road in Tess of teh D'Urbervilles; Chapter 4. Nomadism and the Road Not Taken inJude the Obscure; Chapter 5. Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-135-51987-0

1-135-51980-3

1-281-13611-5

9786611136116

0-203-96035-1

9780203960356

OCLC:

476051165