Ambivalence In Hardy

Author : S. Dutta
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023037834X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ambivalence in Hardy written by S. Dutta and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book re-examines the critical debate regarding Hardy's attitude to women: apologist or misogynist? With the help of manuscript evidence and references to Hardy's autobiography, letters, literary notebooks, marginalia, and the letters of his wives, this book combines a biographical approach with a feminist reading. Significant space is devoted to the 'minor' novels, the short stories, and to Hardy's real life literary relations with his contemporary women writers, his protégées and his two 'scribbling' wives, to balance the hitherto exclusive focus on the 'major' novels.

Author : Shanta Dutta
Publisher : Anthem Nineteenth-Century
ISBN 13 : 9781843317296
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ambivalence in Hardy written by Shanta Dutta and published by Anthem Nineteenth-Century. This book was released on 2010 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was Thomas Hardy a misogynist or a subscriber to the feminist cause? Ambivalence in Hardy' explores Hardy's complex and deeply ambivalent attitude to women, both in his fiction and in his life. While his sympathy for wronged and exploited women is forcefully expressed, his writings also reveal his fears, uncertainties, reservations and tensions - the natural inheritance of patriarchal ideology and a predominantly male literary tradition. The author analyses one 'minor' and one 'major' text from each of the three decades of Hardy's career as a prose fiction writer. The 1870s are represented by The Hand of Ethelberta' and The Return of the Native', the 1880s by Two on a Tower' and The Woodlanders', and the 1890s by Hardy's short stories and Jude the Obscure'. Generous references to Hardy's letters, disguised autobiography, literary notebooks, marginalia and the letters of his two wives seek to blend a biographical approach with a feminist reading. Parallelisms between Hardy's fiction and that of contemporary feminist writers are explored, suggesting mutual literary influence. His relations with women writers - particularly his prot g es and 'scribbling' wives - are discussed in unprecedented detail. Ambivalence in Hardy' significantly contributes to and challenges the field of Hardy studies.

Author : Shanta Dutta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hardy and Women written by Shanta Dutta and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Galia Ofek
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754661610
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Representations of Hair in Victorian Literature and Culture written by Galia Ofek and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining a wide range of historical, artistic, literary, and theoretical works, Galia Ofek shows how changing patterns of power relations between women and patriarchy are rendered anew when viewed through the lens of Victorian hair codes and imagery during the second half of the nineteenth century. Her innovative study reveals the Victorians' well-developed awareness of fetishism and their cognizance of hair's symbolic resonance and commercial value.

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770482512
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Second Edition written by Thomas Hardy and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2007-02-12 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic novel tells the story of how the poor rural couple John and Joan Durbeyfield become convinced that they are descended from the ancient family of d'Urbervilles. They encourage their innocent daughter Tess to cement a connection with the d'Urberville family, including their unprincipled son Alec, with tragic consequences. "A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented," as Hardy subtitled the novel, represented a direct challenge to conventional Victorian notions of sexuality and femininity. This is a revised, updated, and expanded Broadview edition that highlights a feminist interpretation of the novel in an extensive introduction. The range of historical appendices (including contemporary articles, letters, maps, news stories, and reviews) will greatly enhance a reader's understanding of the text.

Author : Candace O'Donnell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Hardy's Treatment of the Unwed Mother written by Candace O'Donnell and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Timothy R. Hands
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349200336
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Hardy: Distracted Preacher? written by Timothy R. Hands and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-07-03 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : P. Mallett
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230519938
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Palgrave Advances in Thomas Hardy Studies written by P. Mallett and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-04-27 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Palgrave Advances in Thomas Hardy Studies explores the key issues in the ongoing and lively debate about Thomas Hardy's work as a novelist and poet. In twelve newly-commissioned essays, distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic review, take issue with and take forward the most recent and significant research on Thomas Hardy.

Author : Juliette Berning Schaefer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317010418
Total Pages : 301 pages
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Download or read book Thomas Hardy's Short Stories written by Juliette Berning Schaefer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Hardy penned nearly fifty short stories, but in spite of this impressive number, his contributions to the genre have been relatively understudied. Bringing together an international group of scholars, this is the first edited collection devoted solely to Hardy's works of short fiction. The contributors take up topics related to their publication in periodicals, gender and community relationships, and narrative techniques. Taken together, the essays show that Hardy's short stories are important, not only for what they tell us about Hardy as a writer who straddles the divide between the traditionalist and the modernist, but also for how they reflect and inform the period in which he wrote.

Author : Joanna Devereux
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415941419
Total Pages : 196 pages
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Download or read book Patriarchy and Its Discontents written by Joanna Devereux and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.