Thomas Hardy's Elegiac Prose and Poetry: Codes of Bereavement

ISBN-13: 9781137507129 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 173 str.

Galia Benziman

Recenzje

"It gives us insightful and nuanced readings of a huge range of Hardy's work, and this will make it useful for students and scholars who are interested in less-often discussed pieces." (Eve Sorum, Victorian Studies, Vol. 62 (1), 2019)
"Benziman makes a valuable contribution, not just to Hardy scholarship, but also to debates concerning death and mourning in Victorian literature more widely. In her exploration of Hardy's rich literary canvas, from stories of returning dead lovers to poetic portraits of grief-stricken pet owners, there is also much to interest the more general Hardy enthusiast." (Stephanie Meek, BAVS Newsletter, Vol. 19 (1), July, 2019)

Spis treści

1. Elegy, Discourses of Grieving, and Figuring the Dead.

2. "Hands behind hands": Seeing the Dead.

3. "Spectres that grieve": The Dead Speak.

4. "Still corporeally imminent": Hardy's revenants.

5. "For she won't know": Utilizing the dead.

6. "I do but the phantom retain": The mistrust of memory.

O autorze

Galia Benziman is Senior Lecturer in English at the Open University of Israel and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research focuses on British literature of the long nineteenth century; in particular, on Dickens, Hardy, the history of childhood, and the Elegy. Her first book, Narratives of Child Neglect in Romantic and Victorian Culture, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012.