The Cambridge Companion To Thomas Hardy

Author : Dale Kramer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999-06-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521566924

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The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy by Dale Kramer Pdf

Thomas Hardy's fiction has had a remarkably strong appeal for general readers for decades, and his poetry has been acclaimed as among the most influential of the twentieth century. His work still creates passionate advocacy and opposition. The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy is an essential introduction to this most enigmatic of writers. These commissioned essays from an international team of contributors comprises a general overview of all Hardy' s work and specific demonstrations of Hardy's ideas and literary skills. Individual essays explore Hardy's biography, aesthetics, his famous attachment to Wessex, and the impact on his work of developments in science, religion and philosophy in the late nineteenth century. Hardy's writing is also analysed against developments in contemporary critical theory and issues such as sexuality and gender. The volume also contains a detailed chronology of Hardy's life and publications, and a guide to further reading.

Author : Kramer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1139815598

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The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy by Kramer Pdf

Author : Deirdre David
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521646197

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The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel by Deirdre David Pdf

In this Companion, first published in 2000, specially-commissioned essays examine the social and cultural context of Victorian fiction.

Author : Keith Wilson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118398517

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A Companion to Thomas Hardy by Keith Wilson Pdf

Through original essays from a distinguished team of internationalscholars and Hardy specialists, A Companion to Thomas Hardyprovides a unique, one-volume resource, which encompasses allaspects of Hardy's major novels, short stories, and poetry Informed by the latest in scholarly, critical, and theoreticaldebates from some of the world's leading Hardy scholars Reveals groundbreaking insights through examinations ofHardy’s major novels, short stories, poetry, and drama Explores Hardy's work in the context of the major intellectualand socio-cultural currents of his time and assesses his legacy forsubsequent writers

Author : Adrian Poole
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139828116

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The Cambridge Companion to English Novelists by Adrian Poole Pdf

In this Companion, leading scholars and critics address the work of the most celebrated and enduring novelists from the British Isles (excluding living writers): among them Defoe, Richardson, Sterne, Austen, Dickens, the Brontës, George Eliot, Hardy, James, Lawrence, Joyce, and Woolf. The significance of each writer in their own time is explained, the relation of their work to that of predecessors and successors explored, and their most important novels analysed. These essays do not aim to create a canon in a prescriptive way, but taken together they describe a strong developing tradition of the writing of fictional prose over the past 300 years. This volume is a helpful guide for those studying and teaching the novel, and will allow readers to consider the significance of less familiar authors such as Henry Green and Elizabeth Bowen alongside those with a more established place in literary history.

Author : Claude Julien Rawson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521874342

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The Cambridge Companion to English Poets by Claude Julien Rawson Pdf

This volume provides essays by twenty-nine leading scholars and critics on the best English poets from Chaucer to Larkin.

Author : Neil Corcoran
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139828109

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The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century English Poetry by Neil Corcoran Pdf

The last century was characterised by an extraordinary flowering of the art of poetry in Britain. These specially commissioned essays by some of the most highly regarded poetry critics offer a stimulating and reliable overview of English poetry of the twentieth century. The opening section on contexts will both orientate readers relatively new to the field and provide provocative syntheses for those already familiar with it. Following the terms introduced by this section, individual chapters cover many ways of looking at the 'modern', the 'modernist' and the 'postmodern'. The core of the volume is made up of extensive discussions of individual poets, from W. B. Yeats and W. H. Auden to contemporary poets such as Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy. In its coverage of the development, themes and contexts of modern poetry, this Companion is the most useful guide available for students, lecturers and readers.

Author : Tom Sorell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521422442

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The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes by Tom Sorell Pdf

The most convenient, accessible guide to Hobbes available.

Author : Eva-Marie Kröller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107159624

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The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature by Eva-Marie Kröller Pdf

A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.

Author : Jill L. Matus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139827492

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The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell by Jill L. Matus Pdf

In the last few decades Elizabeth Gaskell has become a figure of growing importance in the field of Victorian literary studies. She produced work of great variety and scope in the course of a highly successful writing career that lasted for about twenty years from the mid-1840s to her unexpected death in 1865. The essays in this Companion draw on recent advances in biographical and bibliographical studies of Gaskell and cover the range of her impressive and varied output as a writer of novels, biography, short stories, and letters. The volume, which features well-known scholars in the field of Gaskell studies, focuses throughout on her narrative versatility and her literary responses to the social, cultural, and intellectual transformations of her time. This Companion will be invaluable for students and scholars of Victorian literature, and includes a chronology and guide to further reading.

Author : Deirdre David
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107005136

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The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel by Deirdre David Pdf

A new edition of this standard work, fully updated with four brand new chapters.

Author : George Levine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 052166473X

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The Cambridge Companion to George Eliot by George Levine Pdf

This volume of essays is comprehensively, scholarly and lucidly written, and at the same time offers original insights into the work of one of the most important Victorian novelists, and into her complex and often scandalous career.

Author : J. H. Stape
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996-06-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139825178

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The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad by J. H. Stape Pdf

The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad offers a wide-ranging introduction to the fiction of Joseph Conrad, one of the most influential novelists of the twentieth century. Through a series of essays by leading Conrad scholars aimed at both students and the general reader, the volume stimulates an informed appreciation of Conrad's work based on an understanding of his cultural and historical situations and fictional techniques. A chronology and overview of Conrad's life precede chapters that explore significant issues in his major writings, and deal in depth with individual works. These are followed by discussions of the special nature of Conrad's narrative techniques, his complex relationships with late-Victorian imperialism and with literary Modernism, and his influence on other writers and artists. Each essay provides guidance to further reading, and a concluding chapter surveys the body of Conrad criticism.

Author : Ritchie Robertson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521653703

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The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Mann by Ritchie Robertson Pdf

Specially-commissioned essays explore key dimensions of Thomas Mann's writing and life.

Author : Stuart Taberner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139828246

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The Cambridge Companion to Günter Grass by Stuart Taberner Pdf

Günter Grass is Germany's best-known and internationally most successful living author, from his first novel The Tin Drum to his recent controversial autobiography. He is known for his tireless social and political engagement with the issues that have shaped post-War Germany: the difficult legacy of the Nazi past, the Cold War and the arms race, environmentalism, unification and racism. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1999. This Companion offers the widest coverage of Grass's oeuvre across the range of media in which he works, including literature, television and visual arts. Throughout, there is particular emphasis on Grass's literary style, the creative personality which inhabits all his work, and the impact on his reputation of revelations about his early involvement with Nazism. The volume sets out, in a fresh and lively fashion, the fundamentals that students and readers need in order to understand Grass and his individual works.