Author : Anna West
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 14,97 MB
Release : 2017-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1107179173
Thomas Hardy and Animals looks at creatures in Hardy's novels, examining human-animal boundaries debated by the Victorian scientific and philosophical communities.
Author : Anna West
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 37,84 MB
Release : 2017-04-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 131683431X
Thomas Hardy and Animals examines the human and nonhuman animals who walk and crawl and fly across and around the pages of Hardy's novels. Animals abound in his writings, yet little scholarly attention has been paid to them so far. This book fills this gap in Hardy studies, bringing an important author within range of a new and developing area of critical inquiry. It considers the way Hardy's representations of animals challenged ideas of human-animal boundaries debated by the Victorian scientific and philosophical communities. In moments of encounter between humans and animals, Hardy questions boundaries based on ideas of moral sense or moral agency, language and reason, the possession of a face, and the capacity to suffer and perceive pain. Through an emphasis on embodied encounters, his writings call for an extension of empathy to others, human or nonhuman. In this accessible book Anna West offers a new approach to Hardy criticism.
Author : Michael Lee Campbell
Publisher :
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 38,66 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Animals in literature
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Author : Alma Evers
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 32,97 MB
Release : 1988
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Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,29 MB
Release : 2015
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Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 47,97 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Privately printed books
ISBN :
Author : Joelle Herr
Publisher : RP Minis
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 35,66 MB
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0762453303
Thomas Hardy was one of the greatest Victorian novelists and twentieth-century poets, exploring themes of the human experience and challenging sexual and religious conventions in a way that few other books of his time did. Collected here in this mini compact tome are comprehensive plot summaries and character profiles from each of his fourteen novels, complemented by two-color illustrations throughout.
Author : Mallikarjun Patil
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 26,28 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Existentialism in literature
ISBN : 9788171568338
The Book Is A Scholarly Work Which Throws Ample Light On Hardy, A Poet-Thinker So Far A Neglected Genius. The Author Penetrates Deep Into Hardy S Poetry In The Light Of Atheistic Existentialism. He Focuses On Hardy S Views On Man, His Relationship With Nature, Society And His Own Self. According To Hardy, Man In Pride Of His Power Neglects The Importance Of Nature And Society And Fails To Achieve Selfhood. But When He Realizes His Misdeeds, He Conscientiously Makes Up The Differences And Lives Harmoniously In The Society And Biological Milieu With A Firm Decision To Attain An Identity And Perfection.This Book Displays Thomas Hardy S Views On Man, Nature, Society, Religion, God And Universe. It Shows The Undivisible Link That Exists Amidst These Factors. Hardy S Evolutionary Meliorism And Scientific Humanism Are Adequately Discussed And Evaluated. Hardy S Vision Of Life And His Original Views For A New Order Of Life Are Presented With Clarity And Precision. Indeed, The Book Is Really A Brilliant Work On Hardy S Theory Of Human Reality.
Author : Dale Kramer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 22,88 MB
Release : 1999-06-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139825550
Thomas Hardy's fiction has had a remarkably strong appeal for general readers for decades, and his poetry has been acclaimed as among the most influential of the twentieth century. His work still creates passionate advocacy and opposition. The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy is an essential introduction to this most enigmatic of writers. These commissioned essays from an international team of contributors comprises a general overview of all Hardy' s work and specific demonstrations of Hardy's ideas and literary skills. Individual essays explore Hardy's biography, aesthetics, his famous attachment to Wessex, and the impact on his work of developments in science, religion and philosophy in the late nineteenth century. Hardy's writing is also analysed against developments in contemporary critical theory and issues such as sexuality and gender. The volume also contains a detailed chronology of Hardy's life and publications, and a guide to further reading.
Author : John Mahoney
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,50 MB
Release : 1987
Category :
ISBN : 9781857581300
