{"product_id":"thomas-hardy-in-context-paperback-9781107454217","title":"Thomas Hardy in Context (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107454217","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThomas Hardy in Context\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book covers the range of Thomas Hardy's works while providing a comprehensive introduction to his life and times.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhillip Mallett (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107454217, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 December 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e570 pages, 8 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 3.5 cm, 0.86 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The anthology's absorbing 'Historical and Cultural Context' section sheds light on Hardy's interests in anthropology, law, geology, sociology, and 'Englishness'. Contributors provide abundant endnotes and broad-ranging sources, and the 'Further Reading' section and index are excellent … Hardy, the 'Wessex' creator, is fortunate to have such impressive material available for modern readers and serious students of Victorian literature … Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.' S. A. Parker, Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis collection covers the range of Thomas Hardy's works and their social and intellectual contexts, providing a comprehensive introduction to Hardy's life and times. Featuring short, lively contributions from forty-four international scholars, the volume explores the processes by which Hardy the man became Hardy the published writer; the changing critical responses to his work; his response to the social and political challenges of his time; his engagement with contemporary intellectual debate; and his legacy in the twentieth century and after. Emphasising the subtle and ongoing interaction between Hardy's life, his creative achievement and the unique historical moment, the collection also examines Hardy's relationship to such issues as class, education, folklore, archaeology and anthropology, evolution, marriage and masculinity, empire and the arts. A valuable contextual reference for scholars of Victorian and modernist literature, the collection will also prove accessible for the general reader of Hardy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Note on editions\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Chronology Phillip Mallett\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Life and Works: 1. Life and life David Amigoni\u003cbr\u003e 2. Memoirs and recollections Trish Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e 3. Friendships William Greenslade\u003cbr\u003e 4. The public Hardy Simon Gatrell\u003cbr\u003e 5. Serial into volume Andrew Nash\u003cbr\u003e 6. Illustration Pamela Dalziel\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Critical Fortunes: 7. Critical responses I: the novels to 1970 Sarah Maier\u003cbr\u003e 8. Critical responses II: the novels from 1970 Tim Dolin\u003cbr\u003e 9. Hardy's poets as his critics Peter Robinson\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Literary Scene: 10. Thomas Hardy and realism Francis O'Gorman\u003cbr\u003e 11. Tragedy and the novel K. K. Newton\u003cbr\u003e 12. Hardy and the short story Sophie Gilmartin\u003cbr\u003e 13. Poet, poetry, poem Francesco Marroni\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Dynasts in epic context Herbert Tucker\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Historical and Cultural Context: 15. Hardy and social class Christine Devine\u003cbr\u003e 16. 'The Dorsetshire Labourer' Fred Reid\u003cbr\u003e 17. Education and social class Jane Mattisson\u003cbr\u003e 18. Hardy and the sociological imagination Roger Ebbatson\u003cbr\u003e 19. Folklore and anthropology Andrew Radford\u003cbr\u003e 20. Archaeology Rebecca Welshman\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Victorian philological contexts of Hardy's poetry Dennis Taylor\u003cbr\u003e 22. Physics, geology, astronomy Adelene Buckland\u003cbr\u003e 23. Culture Mary Rimmer\u003cbr\u003e 24. Hardy and hellenism Shannon Fiske\u003cbr\u003e 25. Faith and doubt Norman Vance\u003cbr\u003e 26. Hardy's philosophy Mark Asquith\u003cbr\u003e 27. Positivism: Comte and Mill T. R. Wright\u003cbr\u003e 28. Hardy and the law Melanie Williams\u003cbr\u003e 29. Hardy, Darwin and The Origin of Species Phillip Mallett\u003cbr\u003e 30. Heredity Angelique Richardson\u003cbr\u003e 31. Psychology Jenny Bourne Taylor\u003cbr\u003e 32. Marriage Ann Heilmann\u003cbr\u003e 33. The new woman Carolyn Burdett\u003cbr\u003e 34. Hardy and masculinity Elizabeth Langland\u003cbr\u003e 35. Hardy's London Keith Wilson\u003cbr\u003e 36. Hardy and Englishness Patrick Parrinder\u003cbr\u003e 37. Empire Jane Bownas and Rena Jackson\u003cbr\u003e 38. Hardy, militarism and war Glen Wickens\u003cbr\u003e 39. Hardy and music John Hughes\u003cbr\u003e 40. Thomas Hardy and the visual arts Jane Thomas\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Legacies: 41. Lawrence's Hardy Michael Herbert\u003cbr\u003e 42. Larkin's Hardy John Osborne\u003cbr\u003e 43. Hardy on film Roger Webster\u003cbr\u003e Further reading.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002817171736,"sku":"9781107454217","price":29.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107454217i.jpg?v=1696754386","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/thomas-hardy-in-context-paperback-9781107454217","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}