Thomas Hardy in Context (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521196482)

This 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-three 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. Emphasizing 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, archeology 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.

Author: Phillip Mallett
ISBN-10: 0521196485
ISBN-13: 9780521196482
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/18/2013
Pages: 570
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2013