Hardy and the erotic

Author(s)

• Wright, T. R. (Terence R.)

Bibliographic Information

Hardy and the erotic

T.R. Wright

（Macmillan Hardy studies）

Macmillan, 1989

Note

Includes bibliography and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Hardy's Wessex, according to T.R.Wright, is a world dominated by desire which anticipates not only Freud, Hardy's contemporary, but such radical modern thinkers as Barthes, Foucault and Lacan, whose ideas are summarized in the opening chapters.

Table of Contents

• Wessexuality - a theoretical introduction
• Hardy on himself - "The Life" and the loves
• obscure objects of desire - the early novels
• women as subjects - romances and fantasies
• a question of manliness - Henchard and Fitzpiers
• diabolical dames and grotesque desires - the short stories
• "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" - a pure woman?
• Sue Bridehead - a new woman
• "The Well-Beloved" - the end of art and desire.

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Details

• NCID: BA07174138
• ISBN:
  • 0333425286
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: x, 150 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR4757.S48
  • UDC : 820-3
  • DC19 : 823/.8
  • NDC8 : 930.28
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Fiction in English. Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 - Critical studies
  • LCSH : Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Sex in literature
  • LCSH : Women in literature
  • LCSH : Erotic stories, English -- History and criticism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA04350121