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Perception, Class and Environment in the Works of Thomas Hardy

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This book examines Thomas Hardy's writing in both prose and poetry, focusing on issues of perception, 'being', class and environment. It illustrates the ways in which Hardy represents a social world which serves as a 'horizon' for the individual and explores the dialectic between the perceptible world and human consciousness. Ebbatson demonstrates how, in Hardy's oeuvre, modern life becomes alienated from its roots in rural life - individual freedom is achieved in works like Tess of the d'UrbervillesJude the Obscure or The Woodlanders at the cost of personal insecurity and a deepening sense of homelessness. However, this development occurs against the marginalisation of dialect forms of speech. This book also explores how Hardy's impressionist vision serves to undermine the prevailing conventions of plot structure.


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ISBN: 9783031401091
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Author: Roger Ebbatson
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 154 pages
Genres: Fiction
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies: poetry and poets
Literature: history and criticism