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Thomas Hardy, Metaphysics and Music
Mark Asquith
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Description for Thomas Hardy, Metaphysics and Music
Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; DSBF; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This fascinating new study by Mark Asquith offers an original approach to Hardy's art as a novelist and entirely new readings of certain musical scenes in Hardy's works. Asquith utilizes a rich seam of original archival research (both scientific and musicological), which will be of use to all Hardy scholars, and discusses a range of Hardy's major works in relation to musical metaphors - from early fiction The Poor Man and the Lady to later major works Jude the Obscure, Far From the Madding Crowd, the Mayor of Casterbridge .
This fascinating new study by Mark Asquith offers an original approach to Hardy's art as a novelist and entirely new readings of certain musical scenes in Hardy's works. Asquith utilizes a rich seam of original archival research (both scientific and musicological), which will be of use to all Hardy scholars, and discusses a range of Hardy's major works in relation to musical metaphors - from early fiction The Poor Man and the Lady to later major works Jude the Obscure, Far From the Madding Crowd, the Mayor of Casterbridge .
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349520787
SKU
V9781349520787
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99-15
About Mark Asquith
MARK ASQUITH is a teacher of English at Trinity School in London. He is the author of a number of articles on Hardy and Wagner.
Reviews for Thomas Hardy, Metaphysics and Music
'One of the best books on Hardy published in recent years...I was struck by how coherent, well-illustrated and informative it is, opening up a world of musicological debate and making sense of it; relating it to the way that the nineteenth century thought about emotion, embodiment and their transmission; and of course applying it in numerous incisive ways to a ... Read more