The Origin of Hardy's Tragic Vision (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)

"Dr Riza OEzturk's new book, The Origin of Hardy's Tragic Vision, is a lucid explanation of the most important aspect of novelist Thomas Hardy's worldview - the destruction of self. Dr OEzturk gets to the core of Hardy's `tragic vision' - evident in the novelist's interpretation of the dramatic interplay between character and circumstance. To what degree either element of character or circumstance weighs in the tragic equation is the subject of discourse in OEzturk's book, a significant acquisition for students and scholars of Hardy, Victorian literature and culture, or the history of the English novel. This study of Hardy tackles the novelist's formulation of tragedy as an individual's `natural aim or desire' - and attempts to answer the important question concerning who or what is responsible for such appetite. The Origin of Hardy's Tragic Vision can serve as a handbook in the study of tragedy, from the ancient Greek notions to manifestations in late nineteenth century novelists (with reference to modern novelists and dramatists, such as D. H. Lawrence and Henrik Ibsen). OEzturk's analysis, from the impulse of character in The Mayor of Casterbridge, through the envelope of circumstance in Tess of the D'Urbervilles, culminates comprehensively in his discussion of the depletion of life in Jude the Obscure. As a novelist familiar with the ideas of Schopenhauer and Darwin, Hardy's tragic vision encompasses a brutally stark statement about the reality of life itself, and this assessment is captured brilliantly in Riza OEzturk's important book. Regarding tragedy from the technical elements to the thematic, to its special attention in terms of feminism and illustrations of the absurd in Jude the Obscure, there is no question that The Origin of Hardy's Tragic Vision fills the need for newer interpretations of a vital figure in English literature who straddles both the Victorian and modern eras."- Gregory F. Tague, PhD, Professor of English, St. Francis College, New York; author of Character and Consciousness (2005) and Ethos and Behavior (2008); editor of the ASEBL Journal

General

Imprint:	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	2013
Authors:	Riza OEzturk
Dimensions:	212 x 148 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With dust jacket
Pages:	115
Edition:	Unabridged edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4438-4201-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	1-4438-4201-X
Barcode:	9781443842013

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