Hardy's Geography: Wessex and the Regional Novel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349431458)

Hardy's Geography reconsiders a familiar element in Hardy's novels: their use of place and, specifically, of Dorset. Hardy said his Wessex was a 'partly real, partly dream-country'. This study examines how reality and dream interact in his work. Should we look for a real place corresponding to Casterbridge? What is the relation between one person's feelings for a place and society's view of it. Pite concludes that Hardy addresses these issues through a distinctive regional awareness.

Author: R. Pite
ISBN-10: 1349431451
ISBN-13: 9781349431458
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2002
Pages: 246
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d