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...

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1. Verfasser: Rode, Scott
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Routledge, ©2006.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in major literary authors (Unnumbered)
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vii, 146 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index.
ISBN:9780203960356
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