Ambivalence in Hardy
Shanta Dutta
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Description for Ambivalence in Hardy
Hardback. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 495.
This book re-examines the critical debate regarding Hardy's attitude to women: apologist or misogynist? With the help of manuscript evidence and references to Hardy's autobiography, letters, literary notebooks, marginalia, and the letters of his wives, this book combines a biographical approach with a feminist reading. Significant space is devoted to the 'minor' novels, the short stories, and to Hardy's real life literary relations with his contemporary women writers, his protégées and his two 'scribbling' wives, to balance the hitherto exclusive focus on the 'major' novels.
This book re-examines the critical debate regarding Hardy's attitude to women: apologist or misogynist? With the help of manuscript evidence and references to Hardy's autobiography, letters, literary notebooks, marginalia, and the letters of his wives, this book combines a biographical approach with a feminist reading. Significant space is devoted to the 'minor' novels, the short stories, and to Hardy's real life literary relations with his contemporary women writers, his protégées and his two 'scribbling' wives, to balance the hitherto exclusive focus on the 'major' novels.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312221836
SKU
V9780312221836
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About Shanta Dutta
Shanta Dutta is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta.
Reviews for Ambivalence in Hardy
...Dutta's intelligent and eloquent study of the novelist's ambivalent attitute toward women offers material not otherwise obtainable... Choice