Explores Hardy's account in fiction of the individual man or woman's relationship with various aspects of the encompassing world - with other individual men and

Explores Hardy's account in fiction of the individual man or woman's relationship with various aspects of the encompassing world - with other individual men and

Offering a contextual overview of Hardy's classic tale, this text explores the key themes of rape, illegitimate birth and murder, as well as the explaining how

This book reassesses Hardy’s fiction in the light of his prolonged engagement with the folklore and traditions of rural England. Drawing on wide research, it

The first full-length study of sensationalist and melodramatic elements in Hardy's novels uses six of his texts to demonstrate the ways in which Hardy uses the