Thomas Hardy, Sensationalism, and the Melodramatic Mode [electronic resource] /
Nemesvari, R.author.
The first full-length study of sensationalist and melodramatic elements in Hardy's novels uses six of his texts to demonstrate the ways in which Hardy uses the melodramatic mode to advance his critique of established Victorian cultural beliefs through the employment of non-realistic plot devices and sensational 'excess.'.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Melodramas of masculinity : Desperate remedies and The mayor of Castorbridge -- pt. 2. Sensational bodies, melodramatic spectacles : Far from the Madding Crowd and A Laodicean -- pt. 3. Melodramas of modernity and class status : The hand of Ethelberta and Jude the obscure.
The first full-length study of sensationalist and melodramatic elements in Hardy's novels uses six of his texts to demonstrate the ways in which Hardy uses the melodramatic mode to advance his critique of established Victorian cultural beliefs through the employment of non-realistic plot devices and sensational 'excess.'.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Fiction.
British literature.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Social sciences.
Fiction.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Social Sciences, general.