2006, ISBN: 9780746311691

Widely popular throughout the world, Hardy still seems to speak to us, in fiction and in poetry, as our contemporary. Peter Widdowson's new essay attempts to identify the elements in his … Plus…

Widely popular throughout the world, Hardy still seems to speak to us, in fiction and in poetry, as our contemporary. Peter Widdowson's new essay attempts to identify the elements in his work which enable Hardy to be read in this way: the focus on unstable class and sexual relations in a society undergoing rapid change; the highly-charged and contradictory representations of women at the heart. Widely popular throughout the world, Hardy still seems to speak to us, in fiction and in poetry, as our contemporary. Peter Widdowson's new essay attempts to identify the elements in his work which enable Hardy to be read in this way: the focus on unstable class and sexual relations in a society undergoing rapid change; the highly-charged and contradictory representations of women at the heart of this dangerously 'metamorphic' social process; the self-reflexive artifice of the writing itself as an aspect of Hardy's 'satiric' worldview; his ironic humanism in the 'new Dark Age' of the modern world. Drawing on contemporary approaches to literary study in an accessible way, the essay offers a sketch of Hardy criticism up to the present; re-reads all the novels in brief to show where this radical and destabilising Hardy is to be located in the text; and similarly attempts to recast our conception of Hardy the Poet by showing how preconceived and selective it is. This short book, therefore, offers a comprehensive guide to reading Hardy anew as a writer who continues to challenge our assumptions about art and life. Books, Poetry and Drama~~Literature - History & Criticism~~Literary Studies: General, Thomas Hardy~~Book~~9780746311691~~Peter Widdowson, , Thomas Hardy, Peter Widdowson, 9780746311691, Northcote House Publishers Ltd, 11/01/2006, , , , Northcote House Publishers Ltd<

ISBN: 0746311699

[EAN: 9780746311691], Neubuch, [PU: Northcote House Publishers Ltd], 0746311699 BRAND NEW, Thomas Hardy, Peter Widdowson, Widely popular throughout the world, Hardy still seems to speak t… Plus…

[EAN: 9780746311691], Neubuch, [PU: Northcote House Publishers Ltd], 0746311699 BRAND NEW, Thomas Hardy, Peter Widdowson, Widely popular throughout the world, Hardy still seems to speak to us, in fiction and in poetry, as our contemporary. Peter Widdowson's new essay attempts to identify the elements in his work which enable Hardy to be read in this way: the focus on unstable class and sexual relations in a society undergoing rapid change; the highly-charged and contradictory representations of women at the heart of this dangerously 'metamorphic' social process; the self-reflexive artifice of the writing itself as an aspect of Hardy's 'satiric' worldview; his ironic humanism in the 'new Dark Age' of the modern world. Drawing on contemporary approaches to literary study in an accessible way, the essay offers a sketch of Hardy criticism up to the present; re-reads all the novels in brief to show where this radical and destabilising Hardy is to be located in the text; and similarly attempts to recast our conception of Hardy the Poet by showing how preconceived and selective it is. This short book, therefore, offers a comprehensive guide to reading Hardy anew as a writer who continues to challenge our assumptions about art and life.<

2006, ISBN: 0746311699

[EAN: 9780746311691], Neubuch, [PU: Northcote House Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom], Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Widely popular throughout the world, Hardy still seems to… Plus…

[EAN: 9780746311691], Neubuch, [PU: Northcote House Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom], Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Widely popular throughout the world, Hardy still seems to speak to us, in fiction and in poetry, as our contemporary. Peter Widdowson's new essay attempts to identify the elements in his work which enable Hardy to be read in this way: the focus on unstable class and sexual relations in a society undergoing rapid change; the highly-charged and contradictory representations of women at the heart of this dangerously 'metamorphic' social process; the self-reflexive artifice of the writing itself as an aspect of Hardy's 'satiric' worldview; his ironic humanism in the 'new Dark Age' of the modern world. Drawing on contemporary approaches to literary study in an accessible way, the essay offers a sketch of Hardy criticism up to the present; re-reads all the novels in brief to show where this radical and destabilising Hardy is to be located in the text; and similarly attempts to recast our conception of Hardy the Poet by showing how preconceived and selective it is. This short book, therefore, offers a comprehensive guide to reading Hardy anew as a writer who continues to challenge our assumptions about art and life.<

ISBN: 9780746311691

Paperback, [PU: Northcote House Publishers Ltd], For this edition, Professor Widdowson has updated the Select Bibliography and has also included a 'Postscript' on film and TV adaptation o… Plus…

Paperback, [PU: Northcote House Publishers Ltd], For this edition, Professor Widdowson has updated the Select Bibliography and has also included a 'Postscript' on film and TV adaptation of Hardy's fiction, since many newcomers to Hardy may these days experience his work for the first time in this medium., Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers<

ISBN: 9780746311691

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