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Reading and mapping Hardy's roads /
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'U...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Studies in major literary authors (Unnumbered)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 that critiques the Victorian construction of social and sexual identities. Balancing modern exigencies with mythic possibilities, Hardy's fictive. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 146 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203960356 0203960351 9781135519803 1135519803 9781135519872 1135519870 9781135519940 1135519943 1281136115 9781281136114 9786611136116 6611136118 |