Social transformation in Hardy's tragic novels
Subtitle: megamachines and phantasms
By: David Musselwhite.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Fictional works.; Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Political and social views.; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Social change in literature.; Tragic, The, in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The interrupted return; title: The exploding body in The mayor of Casterbridge; title: Tess of the d'Urbervilles : "a becoming woman"; title: Tess : the phantasmatic capture; title: Retranslating Jude the obscure I; title: Traversing The well-beloved; title: Retranslating Jude the obscure II.