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Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles G. Harvey

Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles By G. Harvey

Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles by G. Harvey


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Summary

This guide to one of Thomas Hardy's most enduring works, aims to meet the needs of students on both interdisciplinary and single-honours courses.

Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles Summary

Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles by G. Harvey

An instant best-seller, Tess of the d'Urbervilles has become a cultural icon. It also engendered fierce controversy when Hardy famously defended Tess as a 'pure woman' in the first volume edition. Current arguments about Hardy's relationship with his heroine and her rural world have ensured that this text remains a centre of ideological debate. In this rich and complex novel, Hardy's daring treatment of the fallen woman issue reaches a profound depth of tragic intensity. And he sets his powerful critique of Victorian society in a 'Wessex' landscape that is incomparably evoked.

In this Readers' Guide, Geoffrey Harvey selects extracts from the most significant, and often brilliant, essays among the huge body of critical writing that Tess of the d'Urbervilles has attracted. He focuses on important textual issues unique to this novel, and contextualises areas of recurrent debate. Beginning with the sharply conflicting responses of contemporary reviewers in the 1890s, this Guide traces the evolution of Tess criticism up to the most recent work of the 1990s, encompassing the major developments in literary theory - among them humanist formalism, New Criticism, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, political criticism and feminist theory. This Guide is designed to afford essential support for the study of one of Hardy's finest and most challenging novels.

Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles Reviews

'I continue to find the Readers' Guides indispensable for teaching - they really give students a sense of criticism having a history' - Professor Rachel Bowlby, University of York 'The series looks really excellent - attractively produced, user friendly; and outstanding value for money' - Ronald Knowles, Reader, University of Reading

About G. Harvey

GEOFFREY HARVEY is Head of the Department of English at the University of Reading.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Controversy and the Reviews: 1891-2.- Post-Victorian Stocktaking: Evaluation and.- Consolidation: 1894-1949.- New Directions: The 1950s.- The Dominance of Humanist Formalism: The 1960s and 1970s.- Post-modern Departures: The 1980s.- Tess of the d'Urbervilles in Our Time: The 1990s
Notes.- Select Bibliography.- Acknowledgements.- Index.

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GOR002094219
9781840461749
1840461748
Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles by G. Harvey
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
20001001
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