SEXING HARDY: THOMAS HARDY AND FEMINISM

There are surprisingly few feminist analyses of the work of British novelist Thomas Hardy, and most do not get beyond vague notions of sexism and misogynism, in the Kate Millett and second wave feminist manner. Margaret Elvy's book, however, uses up-to-date research in the fields of cultural studies, feminist poetics, gay, lesbian and queer theory. This new, postmodern and incisive exploration of Thomas Hardy offers an exciting and radical reappraisal of the discourses of gender, desire, class, economy, socialization, identity and patriarchy in his...

THE CRESCENT MOON BOOK OF NATURE POETRY

An anthology of great nature poems, including the Elizabethan pastorals of Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh and Michael Drayton, and classics of nature mysticism by Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland, James Thomson, William Blake and William Wordsworth, among others.

Famous anthology pieces nestle amongst lesser known poems, including some neglected women poets, and American poets such as Amy Lowell and Emily Dickinson.

The British nature poetry tradition builds on the Greek tradition of bucolic themes. The...

THOMAS HARDYS JUDE THE OBSCURE

A study of Jude the Obscure using contemporary feminist and literary theory.

Illustrated, with notes and a bibiography.

Jude the Obscure (1895), Thomas Hardys last novel, is a sister (or brother) book to Tess of the dUrbervilles, before he turned to poetry and other forms of writing. The author attacks similar targets: the family, politics, religion, marriage, education and sexuality. Hardy was on fire when he wrote Jude the Obscure - it is a very angry work.

Jude the Obscure, though, contains far more polemic and...

THOMAS HARDY'S TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES: A CRITICAL STUDY

A detailed and incisive analysis of Thomas Hardy's classic 1891 novel, using the latest research in feminism, gay, lesbian and queer theory, and cultural studies.

Illustrated (includes images from the magazine serializations of Tess). Bibliogaphy. Notes.

This edition has been completely revised.

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Margaret Elvy offers a thorough reappraisal of Thomas Hardy's favourite heroine. Elvy incorporates much of recent Hardy criticism, in which Hardy has been reappraised in the light of materialist,...

THOMAS HARDY'S TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES: A CRITICAL STUDY

A detailed and incisive analysis of Thomas Hardy's classic 1891 novel, using the latest research in feminism, gay, lesbian and queer theory, and cultural studies.

Illustrated (includes images from the magazine serializations of Tess). Bibliogaphy. Notes.

This edition has been completely revised.

www.crmoon.com

Margaret Elvy offers a thorough reappraisal of Thomas Hardy's favourite heroine. Elvy incorporates much of recent Hardy criticism, in which Hardy has been reappraised in the light of materialist,...