A distant prospect of Wessex : archaeology and the past in the life and works of Thomas Hardy /

'If the real Wessex, with its counties, towns, villages and topography, was no mere readily available template upon which Hardy could carve a fictional pattern, Dorchester provided a very different model, though at the level of local colour and detail, Casterbridge really is Dorchester 'by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davies, Martin J. P. (Martin John Peter) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Archaeopress, [2011]
Temas:
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Settings.
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Homes and haunts.
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Antiquities.
Homes.
Literature.
Setting (Literature)
Wessex (England) > In literature.
Wessex (England) > Antiquities.
England > Wessex.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Chapter One: Introduction: Perspectives on the Past; Chapter Two: Ancient Inspiration from the Science of the Imagination: Hardy, Archaeology, and Wessex (a Name Revived); Chapter Three: Novelist and 'Born Archaeologist': Hardy's Personal Writings; Chapter Four: Hardy's Roman Town: The Setting for The Mayor of Casterbridge; Chapter Five: Ancient and Modern Collide: Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Stonehenge; Chapter Six: Barrows and Beyond: Landscapes of the Past; Chapter Seven: Personal Memories and Ancient Remains: The Poetry; Chapter Eight: Beyond Wessex: Architecture and Ideas in Oxford and Cornwall; Bibliography; Index of People and Places.

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