Hardy's Geography: Wessex and the Regional Novel

by Ralph Pite

Book Overview

Hardy's Geography reconsiders a familiar element in Hardy's novels: their use of place and, specifically, of Dorset. Hardy said his Wessex was a 'partly real, partly dream-country'. This study examines how reality and dream interact in his work. Should we look for a real place corresponding to Casterbridge? What is the relation between one person's feelings for a place and society's view of it. Pite concludes that Hardy addresses these issues through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349431451
• ISBN13: 9781349431458
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"