This is the first complete scholarly edition of one of Hardy's greatest novels. The Return of the Native engages ambitiously with contemporary ideas and problems of existence, and would go on to become one of the major 'Wessex novels'. When composed in 1878, however, Hardy's Wess...

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Main Author:	Hardy, Thomas 1840-1928 (Author)
Other Authors:	Dolin, Tim 1959- (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2021
Subjects:	People with visual disabilities / Fiction Mothers and sons / Fiction Mate selection / Fiction Heathlands / Fiction Adultery / Fiction Wessex (England) / Fiction
Online Access:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Summary:	This is the first complete scholarly edition of one of Hardy's greatest novels. The Return of the Native engages ambitiously with contemporary ideas and problems of existence, and would go on to become one of the major 'Wessex novels'. When composed in 1878, however, Hardy's Wessex did not yet exist, and this edition, which is based on meticulous analysis of Hardy's holograph manuscript and every significant print edition of the novel to appear in his lifetime, situates The Return of the Native within the historical context of its first publication, encouraging readers to trace its evolution over the following four decades. Tim Dolin provides a wealth of supporting materials, including an original, authoritative text, comprehensive annotation, commentary and glossary, and illustrated appendices of both Arthur Hopkins's illustrations and the topography of Egdon Heath, thus creating an invaluable tool for students and scholars of Hardy and nineteenth-century literature alike
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2021)
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (cvi, 770 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781139794978
DOI:	10.1017/9781139794978