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The poetry of Thomas Hardy
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University
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Walking in the Novels of Thomas Hardy
This thesis considers walking in the novels of Thomas Hardy as an expression of deracination and normlessness. Unlike his literary predecessors who celebrated walking as a salutary activity, Hardy envisions movement as an inherently disruptive, often destructive act. Informed by spatial theory and …
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Analysis and Innovation in the Novels of Thomas Hardy
Hardy considered it important for a writer to be "fifty years ahead of his time". One of his aims was to change people's attitudes to make them more understanding, more tolerant and less prejudiced. This desire arose largely from his profound insight into psychological complexities. Much of his …
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Negotiating the gothic in the fiction of Thomas Hardy
The purpose of this research is to investigate Thomas Hardy’s relation to the Gothic tradition, especially that deriving from the classic period 1760-mid-1820s. The main novels chosen for such an investigation are Two on a Tower, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Jude the …
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Gender, Form, and Interiority in the Novels of Thomas Hardy
My study triangulates three recurrent Hardyan concerns – gender, interiority, and form – as they are shaped by the sub-genres of the serial novel, the sentimental novel, and the novel of sensation. I explore Thomas Hardy’s adjustments of traditional forms to new paths, including his vision of a new …
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Critical attitudes to the novels of Thomas Hardy 1870-1985
… thesis an examination is made of criticism of Thomas Hardy's novels from the earliest comments of his publishers and reviewers in the late nineteenth century to the apparently more sophisticated studies of the mid-1980's.The thesis is organised chronologically with each chapter dealing with a …
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Poetic irony in Thomas Hardy's Satires of Circumstance.
To explore Thomas Hardy's poetic irony, this study uses Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan's poetics approach to narrative as a format for analyzing Hardy's Satires of Circumstances: Lyrics and Reveries, the volume chronologically and critically at the center of his poetical writing. Embedded in the book are …
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The theme of alienation in the major novels of Thomas Hardy
… theme that has not been sufficiently studied in Thomas Hardy's fiction. This study investigates the theme of alienation focussing on Hardy's major novels. Although the term 'alienation' is one of the most outstanding features of this age, it is not very clear what it precisely means. The writer …
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Social Influences on the Female in the Novels of Thomas Hardy.
<p>Many female characters in Thomas Hardy’s novels clearly illustrate one of the Victorian stereotypes of women: the proper, submissive housewife or the rebellious, independent dreamer. Hardy does not demonstrate how women should be, but rather how society pressures women to conform to the accepted …
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Moments of Revision: Thomas Hardy and the Modern Manuscript, 1890-1928
… constitutes the first book-length study of Thomas Hardy’s poetry manuscripts. It argues that Hardy’s surviving verse drafts – produced during a pivotal period in the history of manuscript studies, the so-called ‘golden age’ of the transatlantic manuscript trade (1890-1929) – reflect …
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The Material Imagination: Philip Larkin, D. H. Lawrence, and Thomas Hardy
… adduce two major influences, D. H. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy, who appealed to Larkin as a self-proclaimed ‘materialist’ (Letters to Monica, p. 15). He admired these writers for their ability not only to capture a ‘tough rich sense of life’, but crucially ‘to relate any given part of life to the …
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Fear and Fascination: A Study of Thomas Hardy and the New Woman
… his fictional heroines have led many to accuse Thomas Hardy of being a misogynist, harshly punishing women for their open defiance of Victorian social expectations. However, by writing about sexually-charged issues at a time when subjects such as premarital sex, rape, illegitimate children, …
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Thomas Hardy and the Vision of Time: A Reading of the Wessex Novels
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"Only the rames of a man": Investigating Masculinities in the Novels of Thomas Hardy.
… by Victorian men, and then to examine critically Hardy's representations of such across his novelistic oeuvre in order to identify how his representations differed from, challenged, or subverted those of his contemporaries. Representations of character are analysed in terms of gendering, and …
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"Thomas Hardy: Use Of History In ""the Mayor Of Casterbridge"" And ""tess Ofthe D'urbervilles."""
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Ghostly Sounds and Questions of Belief in Thomas Hardy and Walter de la Mare
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) and Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) share numerous reciprocal echoes in their works, especially at the height of their literary activities in the early twentieth century. Despite their singular admiration for each other and strikingly similar working methods, their mutual …
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