Thomas Hardy and the Proper Study of Mankind

by Simon Gatrell

Book Overview

Simon Gatrell offers a fresh and stimulating exploration of Hardy's account in fiction of the individual man or woman's relationship with various aspects of the encompassing world- with other men and women, with the aggregation known as society, with the natural and artificial environment, and with the supernatural. He focuses on the importance of community in Hardy's fiction, especially on the ability of rural villages and towns to withstand the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813914353
• ISBN13: 9780813914350
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher