Thomas Hardy, Femininity and Dissent

Reassessing the 'Minor' Novels

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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Beskrivning

Drawing on aspects of Foucauldian feminist theory "Thomas Hardy's Women: Femininity in Crisis" offers detailed readings of six critically under-valued novels: "Desperate Remedies", "A Pair of Blue Eyes", "The Hand of Ethelberta", "A Laodicean", "Two on a Tower" and "The Well-Beloved", demonstrating Hardy's appreciation of how individuals negotiate the forces which shape their sense of self. Tracing his interest in the evolutionary debate and the woman question, this book reveals a politically engaged rather than a pessimistic Hardy.;The book is aimed at departments of literature (courses on Thomas Hardy); womens studies, and feminist theory.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1998-11-11
Mått:140 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt:386 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:172
Upplaga:1999
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780333567012

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Litteraturteori inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Jane Thomas is Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Hull.

Recensioner i media

Thomas's analysis makes clear that Hardy's minor novels offer readers the same passionate, argumentative spirit that animates the major ones... Victorian Studies

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Hardy and 'The Thinking World' The Question of 'Woman' Desperate Remedies (1871): The 'Martyrdom of Self-Conceit' A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873): Policing the Self The Hand of Ethelberta (1876): The Limits of Resistance A Laodicean (1886): Power and Agency Two on a Tower (1886): 'The Artificial System of Things' The Well-Beloved (1897): Galatea's Revenge Notes Bibliography Index