Thomas Hardy : The Mayor of Casterbridge, Jude the obscure

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Thomas Hardy : The Mayor of Casterbridge, Jude the obscure

Simon Avery ; consultant editor, Nicolas Tredell

(A reader's guide to essential criticism)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-162) and index

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Description

This Reader's Guide analyses the critical history of two of Hardy's major tragic novels, from the time of their publication to the present. Simon Avery traces the changing critical fortunes of the texts and explores the diverse range of interpretations produced by different theoretical approaches.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- Introductions.- Contemporary Reviews.- Establishing Lines of Critical Enquiry, 1890-1949.- Developing Critical Approaches: Criticism of the 1950s and 1960s.- Critical Expansion: Criticism of the 1970s.- The Impact of High Theory: Criticism of the 1980s.- Recent (Re-)Readings: Criticism from 1990 to the Present.- Re-Representations: Film and Television Adaptations.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.

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