Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook

ISBN-13: 9780415255288 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 212 str.

Scott McEathron

Opis

This sourcebook offers an introduction to Thomas Hardy's crucial novel, offering:

• a contextual overview, a chronology and reprinted contemporary documents, including a selection of Hardy's poems
• an overview of the book's early reception and recent critical fortunes, as well as a wide range of reprinted extracts from critical works
• key passages from the novel, reprinted with editorial comment and cross-referenced within the volume to contextual and critical documents
• suggestions for further reading and a list of relevant web resources.

For students on a wide range of courses, this sourcebook offers the essential stepping-stone from a basic reading knowledge to an advanced understanding of Hardy's best-known novel.

O autorze

Thomas Hardy, geb. 1840, ging nach der Architektenlehre nach London und begann neben seiner Arbeit als Kirchenrestaurator zu schreiben. Ab 1871 Veröffentlichungen (Wessex-Romane). Der Autor verstarb 1928; er hinterließ ein umfangreiches Werk - außer Romanen auch fast 1000 Gedichte.