Reading and Mapping Hardy's Roads

by Scott Rode

Book Overview

This book examines Thomas Hardy's representations of the road and the ways the archaeological and historical record of roads inform his work. Through an analysis of the uneven and often competing road signs found within three of his major novels - The Return of the Native, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure - and by mapping the road travels of his protagonists, this book argues that the road as represented by Hardy provides a palimpsest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415762901
• ISBN13: 9780415762908
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"