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245			_aThe Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy / _cedited by Daniel Kramer
260			_bCambridge University Press, _c©1999. _aUnited Kingdom:
300			_a260p.
505			_aNotes on contributors Preface A chronology of Hardy's life and publications List of abbreviations and texts 1. Thomas Hardy: the biographical sources Michael Millgate 2. Wessex Simon Gatrell 3. Art and aesthetics Norman Page 4. The influence of religion, science and philosophy on Hardy's writings Robert Schweik 5. Hardy and critical theory Peter Widdowson 6. Thomas Hardy and matters of gender Kristin Brady 7. Variants on genre: The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Hand of Ethelberta Jakob Lothe 8. The patriarchy of class: Under the Greenwood Tree, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Woodlanders Penny Boumelha 9. The radical aesthetic of Tess of the d'Urbervilles Linda M. Shires 10. Hardy and readers: Jude the Obscure Dale Kramer 11. Hardy as a nineteenth-century poet Dennis Taylor 12. The modernity of Thomas Hardy's poetry John Paul Riquelme Index.
520			_aThomas Hardy's fiction has had a remarkably strong appeal for general readers for decades, and his poetry has been acclaimed as among the most influential of the twentieth century. His work still creates passionate advocacy and opposition. The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy is an essential introduction to this most enigmatic of writers. These commissioned essays from an international team of contributors comprises a general overview of all Hardy' s work and specific demonstrations of Hardy's ideas and literary skills. Individual essays explore Hardy's biography, aesthetics, his famous attachment to Wessex, and the impact on his work of developments in science, religion and philosophy in the late nineteenth century. Hardy's writing is also analysed against developments in contemporary critical theory and issues such as sexuality and gender. The volume also contains a detailed chronology of Hardy's life and publications, and a guide to further reading.
650			_aLiterature & rhetoric  _xEnglish fiction  _x1837-1899
700			_aKramer, Daniel [Ed.]
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