Thomas Hardy Writing Dress

by Simon Gatrell

This new study provides fresh readings of Thomas Hardy's work and illuminates the social and cultural history of dress in the nineteenth century. The book argues that Hardy had a more detailed and acute understanding of the importance of dress in forming and regulating personal identity and social relations than any other writer of his time. Structured thematically, it takes into account both nineteenth-century and modern theoretical approaches to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803740132
• ISBN13: 9781803740133
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"