Thomas Hardy, Towards a Materialist CriticismGill and Macmillan, 1985 - 233 páginas Challenging the generally accepted critical constructions of the novels of Thomas Hardy, this book explores the historical, social, aesthetic and ideological determinants of Hardy's novels. Analyzing the ways in which Hardy's writings have been variously reproduced in literary criticism to produce certain social and ideological effects. Wotton also discusses the relation between Hardy's writing and Hardy criticism. |
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Página 109
... human insignifi- cance ' of individual lives ; 49 between ' astronomical stupendous- ness ' and ' such ephemeral trivialities as human tragedy ' ; be- tween the rational and the emotional , the spirit and the flesh ; between Swithin's ...
... human insignifi- cance ' of individual lives ; 49 between ' astronomical stupendous- ness ' and ' such ephemeral trivialities as human tragedy ' ; be- tween the rational and the emotional , the spirit and the flesh ; between Swithin's ...
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... human individuality and desire are always in conflict with the indifferent governing power , just as in much Greek tragedy human individuality and desire are in conflict with fate , or the gods , or custom . Significantly he sees the ...
... human individuality and desire are always in conflict with the indifferent governing power , just as in much Greek tragedy human individuality and desire are in conflict with fate , or the gods , or custom . Significantly he sees the ...
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... human situation ' . But Cecil takes the de- historisization a stage further , makes it explicit , writing that , ' seen in the terrific perspective in which Hardy surveys the human being , man's struggles as a political and social ...
... human situation ' . But Cecil takes the de- historisization a stage further , makes it explicit , writing that , ' seen in the terrific perspective in which Hardy surveys the human being , man's struggles as a political and social ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Production of Wessex | 35 |
Workfolk | 60 |
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