Widely popular throughout the world, Hardy still seems to speak to
us, in fiction and in poetry, as our contemporary. In this new
edition of his popular study, Peter Widdowson identifies the
elements in his work which enable Hardy to be read in this way: the
focus on unstable class and sexual relations in a society
undergoing rapid change; the highly-charged and contradictory
representations of women at the heart of this dangerously
'metamorphic' social process; the self-reflexive artifice of the
writing itself as an aspect of Hardy's 'satiric' worldview; his
ironic humanism in the 'new Dark Age' of the modern world. Drawing
on contemporary approaches to literary study in an accessible way,
the author shows where this radical and destabilizing Hardy is to
be located in the texts; and similarly seeks to recast our
conception of Hardy the Poet by showing how preconceived and
selective it is. For this edition, Professor Widdowson has updated
the Select Bibliography and has also included a 'Postscript' on
film and TV adaptation of Hardy's fiction, since many newcomers to
Hardy may these days experience his work for the first time in this
medium. This lucid and engaging study offers a comprehensive guide
to reading Hardy anew as a writer who continues to challenge our
assumptions about art and life.
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