On Thomas Hardy

PETER WIDDOWSON was one time Professor of English Literature at the University of Gloucestershire.

• Acknowledgements References and Abbreviations Introduction Thomas Hardy: a Partial Portrait Hardy in History: a Case-study in the Sociology of Literature Hardy and Social Class: The Hand of Ethelberta Hardy's 'Quite Worthless' Novel: A Laodicean 'Moments of Vision: Post-modernising Tess of the d'Urbervilles: or Tess of the d'Urbervilles Faithfully Presented by Peter Widdowson Recasting Hardy the Poet Arabella and the Satirical Discourse in Jude the Obscure Postscript: The Film of Jude Notes References Index.