Hardy : a collection of critical essays
Title:
Hardy : a collection of critical essays
JLCTITLE245:
Albert J. Guérard, editor.
Publication Information:
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, [1963]
Physical Description:
180 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9780133840650
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Abstract:
In an era of often uncritical optimism, Hardy looked upon mankind with dark brooding wisdom. He dared to speak of sexual conflict of man's self-destructiveness, of grotesque mischance. Today his skepticism, his narrative inventiveness, and hostility to realism, and his psychological insight make him a congenial, even contemporary voice.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Contents:
Introduction / Albert J. Guerard -- The traditional basis of Thomas Hardy's fiction / Donald Davidson -- Hardy in defense of his art / Morton Dauwen Zabel -- Hardy's "Prédilection d'artiste" / D.H. Lawrence -- Hardy's major fiction / John Holloway -- The women of the novels / Albert J. Guerard -- Sue Bridehead / D.H. Lawrence -- On Tess of the D'Urbervilles / Dorothy Van Ghent -- The Mayor of Casterbridge as tragedy / John Paterson -- Jude the obscure / A. Alvarez -- Poetry and belief in Thomas Hardy / Delmore Schwartz -- A literary transference / W.H. Auden -- Hardy and the poetry of isolation / David Perkins -- The dynasts as an example / Samuel Hynes.