| Record Number |
131698 |
| ISBN |
0415234913 (hbk.) |
| 0415234921 (pbk.) |
| 0415234913 (alk. paper) |
| 0415234921 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Author |
Harvey, Geoffrey, 1943- |
| Title |
The complete critical guide to Thomas Hardy / Geoffrey Harvey. |
| Publisher/Date |
New York : Routledge, 2003. |
| Pagination etc. |
x, 228 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents note |
Pt. I. Life and Contexts -- a. Rural childhood -- b. Architect and autodidact -- c. Young man in London -- d. Apprentice novelist: Cornwall and love -- e. Far From the Madding Crowd: fame and marriage -- f. Nomadic novelist -- g. Dorchester, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and high society -- h. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, and the abandonment of fiction -- i. Emergence of the poet -- j. Emma's death; marriage to Florence -- k. Moments of Vision and writing The Life of Thomas Hard |
| y -- l. Final years -- Pt. II. Work -- Hardy's categorisation of his fiction -- a. Major novels -- b. Lesser novels -- c. Short stories -- d. Poetry -- e. The Dynasts -- f. The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy -- Pt. III. Criticism -- a. Tragedy -- b. Wessex -- c. Humanist formalism -- d. Structuralism and deconstruction -- e. Psychoanalytic approaches -- f. Marxist criticism -- g. Feminist and gender studies -- h. Poetry -- i. Other topics and issues. |
| Subject - Name |
Hardy, Thomas, -- 1840-1928 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc |
| Subject |
-- In literature -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
| Shelf Location |
823.8 HAR/52 |
