The life and death of the Mayor of Casterbridge : a story of a man of character
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The life and death of the Mayor of Casterbridge : a story of a man of character
（Broadview literary texts）
Broadview Press, c1997
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Bibliography: p. 409-411
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This 1886 novel may be Hardy's most intense and gripping narrative. We first see the central character, Michael Henchard, as a drunken and unemployed hay-trusser who sells his wife Susan and his daughter Elizabeth-Jane at a fair. When he is eventually reunited with the two, he has become the contented and prosperous mayor of a thriving market town. But the downward spiral begins. Henchard's fall is hastened by a series of coincidences and quarrels, and by his own jealousy and pride. Though the perspective on events that Hardy gives us is often that of other characters (Elizabeth-Jane in particular), Henchard remains the central focus; in the end he is a tragic figure, bankrupt, emotionally broken and an outcast from society.
Prepared by one of the world's leading Hardy scholars, this edition includes a critical introduction and a range of background materials from the period. Historical documents (concerning such topics as the corn laws and the practice of wife-selling) and contemporary reviews help set this remarkable novel in the context out of which it emerged.
目次
Preface
Introduction
Composition and Publication
Setting: Time and History
Setting: Town and Country
"A Man of Character"
Narrative Technique: Pictorialism and Circularity
Language and Style
A Note on the Text
Thomas Hardy: A Brief Chronology
The Life and Death of the Mayor of Castlebridge:
A Story of a Man of Character
Appendix A: Dialect Words and Expressions
Appendix B: Place-names
Appendix C: Wife-selling
Appendix D: The Corn Laws
Appendix E: Prince Albert in Dorchester
Appendix F: Maumbury Ring and the Execution of Mary Channing
Appendix G: The Skimmington Ride
Appendix H: Henchard's Bankruptcy
Appendix I: The First Book of Samuel
Appendix J: Hardy's "General Preface"
Appendix K: Contemporary Reviews
Works Cited and Recommended Reading
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