This Reader's Guide analyses the critical history of two of Hardy's major tragic novels, from the time of their publication to the present. Simon Avery traces the changing critical fortunes of the texts and explores the diverse rangeof interpretations produced by different theoretical approaches. ÍNDICE: Acknowledgements - Introductions - Contemporary Reviews - Establishing Lines of Critical Enquiry, 1890-1949 - Developing Critical Approaches: Criticism of the 1950s and 1960s - Critical Expansion: Criticism of the 1970s - The Impact of High Theory: Criticism of the 1980s - Recent (Re-)Readings: Criticism from 1990 to the Present - Re-Representations: Film and Television Adaptations - Conclusion - Notes - Bibliography - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-00541-9
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 184
- Fecha Publicación: 21/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés