The pessimism of Thomas Hardy

Author(s)

• Sherman, G. W. (George William)

Bibliographic Information

The pessimism of Thomas Hardy

G.W. Sherman

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c1976

Note

Bibliography: p. 492-499

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Explains the social reasons for Thomas Hardy's consistent pessimism expressed in all his major works. The author contends that this came from the failure of bourgeois society to correct the anachronisms in the social machinery of the day.

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• NCID: BA05154333
• ISBN:
  • 0838615821
• LCCN: 74004982
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Rutherford [N.J.]
• Pages/Volumes: 518 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR4754
  • DC : 823/.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Criticism and interpretation