African adventure and metropolitan dissent in Thomas Hardy’s Two on a Tower (1882)
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DOI: 10.1080/17449855.2019.1678060
Abstract: ABSTRACT Recent studies of late 19th-century imperialism have challenged postcolonial arguments for the existence of a uniform imperial culture in colonial Britain that unquestioningly supported its overseas expansionist agenda. Through a cultural materialist reading of… read more here.
Keywords: african adventure; thomas hardy; tower 1882; hardy two ... See more keywords
Thomas Hardy’s Theory of Tragic Character
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DOI: 10.1353/sdn.2017.0043
Abstract: Abstract: As a tragic novelist, Hardy departs from realism and privileges nonnarrative affect over plot. Hardy’s novels, like Athenian tragedies, contest the irrevocable plot at hand. In Athenian tragedy, storylines beyond heroines’ control destroy their… read more here.
Keywords: thomas hardy; tragic character; hardy theory; character ... See more keywords