This Reader's Guide analyses the critical history of two of Hardy's major tragic novels, from the time of their publication to the present. Simon Avery traces the changing critical fortunes of the texts and explores the diverse range of interpretations produced by different theoretical approaches.
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This Reader's Guide analyses the critical history of two of Hardy's major tragic novels, from the time of their publication to the present. Simon Avery traces the changing critical fortunes of the texts and explores the diverse range of interpretations produced by different theoretical approaches.
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Acknowledgements.- Introductions.- Contemporary Reviews.- Establishing Lines of Critical Enquiry, 1890-1949.- Developing Critical Approaches: Criticism of the 1950s and 1960s.- Critical Expansion: Criticism of the 1970s.- The Impact of High Theory: Criticism of the 1980s.- Recent (Re-)Readings: Criticism from 1990 to the Present.- Re-Representations: Film and Television Adaptations.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.
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Provides wideranging coverage of the critical history of two of Hardy's most popular and widelystudied tragic novels Examines contemporary reviews and traces the critical response through to the present day Explores different theoretical approaches to the text Features a chapter on film and television adaptations
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ISBN
9780230005402
Publisert
2008-11-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Red Globe Press
Vekt
396 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, XR, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
184

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Biographical note

SIMON AVERY is Senior Lecturer in Literature at the University of Westminster, UK. He is co-author (with Rebecca Stott) of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2003), editor of Lives of Victorian Literary Figures II: The Brownings (2004).