Hardy's geography : Wessex and the regional novel

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Hardy's geography : Wessex and the regional novel

Ralph Pite

Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index

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Hardy's Geography reconsiders a familiar element in Hardy's novels: their use of place and, specifically, of Dorset. Hardy said his Wessex was a 'partly real, partly dream-country'. This study examines how reality and dream interact in his work. Should we look for a real place corresponding to Casterbridge? What is the relation between one person's feelings for a place and society's view of it. Pite concludes that Hardy addresses these issues through a distinctive regional awareness.

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  • Introduction The Imaginative Geography of the West Country Ruralism and Provincialism in the Victorian Novel: North and South Ruralism and Provincialism in the Victorian Novel
  • East and West Rural Encounters Wessex, Elusive and Independent Wessex and Elsewhere Select Bibliography Index

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