Thomas Hardy, Femininity and Dissent: Reassessing the 'Minor' Novels

by Jane Thomas

Drawing on aspects of Foucauldian feminist theory Thomas Hardy, Femininity and Dissent offers original and detailed readings of six critically under-valued novels: Desperate Remedies, A Pair of Blue Eyes, The Hand of Ethelberta, A Laodicean, Two on a Tower and The Well-Beloved , demonstrating Hardy's peculiarly modern appreciation of how individuals negotiate the forces which shape their sense of self. Tracing his interest in the evolutionary debate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333567013
• ISBN13: 9780333567012
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"