The Descent of the Imagination: Postromantic Culture in the Later Novels of Thomas HardyNYU Press, 1993 - 334 pages The Descent of the Imagination places Thomas Hardy's writing within the context of nineteenth-century fiction writing as a genre. Moore therefore regards his examination of Hardy's work as a form of archaeology as well as a genealogy of the romantic figure in fiction, from Wordsworth through Hardy. The book provides a new interpretation of Hardy's method of composition and uses new source material that will interest Hardy scholars. It offers an original view of the novelist that argues that his work, especially his later writings, were a deliberate rewriting of romanticism. |
Contents
The Mayor of Casterbridge | 51 |
Una Selva Oscura | 107 |
Notes | 289 |
Bibliography | 309 |
About the Author | 319 |
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