Hardy's fables of integrity : woman, body, text /

Focusing on Thomas Hardy's language and his treatment of minor characters, this study examines seven of Hardy's major novels and argues that his fiction is shaped by a pervasive anxiety about bodily and psychic disintegration.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Garson, Marjorie
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1991.
Subjects:	Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Fictional works. Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Critique et interprétation. Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928. Hardy, Thomas, > (1840-1928) > Critique et interprétation. Didactic fiction, English > History and criticism. Human body in literature. Integrity in literature. Women in literature. Roman didactique anglais > Histoire et critique. Corps humain dans la littérature. Intégrité dans la littérature. Femmes dans la littérature. Criticism and interpretation. Didactic fiction, English. Corps humain > Dans la littérature. English fiction. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:	Focusing on Thomas Hardy's language and his treatment of minor characters, this study examines seven of Hardy's major novels and argues that his fiction is shaped by a pervasive anxiety about bodily and psychic disintegration.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (viii, 198 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.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-191) and index.
ISBN:	9780191671371 0191671371