The Decline of the Goddess: Nature, Culture, and Women in Thomas Hardy's Fiction

by Shirley A. Stave

This timely book treats Hardy's recurring use of one of the major informing myths of Western culture--that of a collision between a solar god and an earth goddess. Stave uses a chronological examination of Hardy's Wessex novels to highlight the author's evolving consciousness of the connections among patriarchy, Christianity, sexism, and classism. From the gentle affirmation of Far From the Madding Crowd to the grim Jude the Obscure,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313295662
• ISBN13: 9780313295669
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"