Sexual tyranny in Wessex : Hardy's witches and demons of folklore
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Sexual tyranny in Wessex : Hardy's witches and demons of folklore
(American university studies, ser. 4 . English language and literature ; v. 164)
P. Lang, c1993
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Bibliography: p. [139]-146
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Folklore's ancient witch and demon figures fascinate us as they continue to materialize in literature with a vitality belying their age. Seeing these folkloric images as crucial metaphors in Hardy's works - as manifest expressions of human sexual aggression and as archetypal projections from his characters' unconscious - this study explores the tyranny they exercise over their victims. The book also vigorously pursues the astonishing truths Hardy unearths through these shape-shifting energies and through his use of related folk beliefs such as omens, weather lore, and healing rituals that draw the reader irresistibly into his charmed Wessex world.
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