Thomas Hardy, Metaphysics and Music /

This fascinating new study by Mark Asquith offers an original approach to Hardy's art as a novelist and entirely new readings of certain musical scenes in Hardy's works. Asquith utilizes a rich seam of original archival research (both scientific and musicological), which will be of use to...

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Main Author:	Asquith, Mark (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:	Literature. British and Irish Literature. Fiction. Metaphysics. Music. Nineteenth-Century Literature. British literature. Literature, Modern > 19th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	This fascinating new study by Mark Asquith offers an original approach to Hardy's art as a novelist and entirely new readings of certain musical scenes in Hardy's works. Asquith utilizes a rich seam of original archival research (both scientific and musicological), which will be of use to all Hardy scholars, and discusses a range of Hardy's major works in relation to musical metaphors - from early fiction The Poor Man and the Lady to later major works Jude the Obscure, Far From the Madding Crowd, the Mayor of Casterbridge .
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (IX, 234 pages)
ISBN:	9780230508019
DOI:	10.1057/9780230508019