Thomas Hardy, Femininity and Dissent

Reassessing the 'Minor' Novels
1999. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-333-56701-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Drawing on aspects of Foucauldian feminist theory Thomas Hardy, Femininity and Dissent offers original and 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 peculiarly modern 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 new politically engaged rather than a grimly pessimistic Hardy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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