Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Thomas Hardy (New Casebooks)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Thomas Hardy has long been critically constructed as "poet of Wessex" and "novelist of character and environment". "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" in particular being acclaimed a novelistic masterwork of the English national culture. This book offers to deconstruct the mythic "Hardy", in selecting 13 essays, from 1980 onwards, which represent "Tess" from very different contemporary critical perspectives. Feminist, cultural-materialist and post-structuralist approaches especially - often focused on the novel's enigmatic subtitle: "...
ISBN(s)
0333545850, 9780333545850
