The Framework of Fiction: Socio-cultural Approaches to the Novel'...offers thoughtful summaries and critiques of both Marxist...and moralist...theories of the novel in society. The primary focus, however, is on a detailed study of the social context of the novel and the changing relationship between novelists and their readers...' |
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Page 170
... Hardy show signs of strain by contrast in their handling of the ' standard ' language , the conventional non - dialectal language of narrative . Hardy's occasional resort to a ponderous and inflated style perhaps reflects his deliberate ...
... Hardy show signs of strain by contrast in their handling of the ' standard ' language , the conventional non - dialectal language of narrative . Hardy's occasional resort to a ponderous and inflated style perhaps reflects his deliberate ...
Page 175
... Hardy's intention was to alert the more sophisticated reader of the Graphic version to the ' true ' story of Tess ... Hardy soon afterwards attempted to ' piece the trunk and limbs of the novel ' together by restoring the censored ...
... Hardy's intention was to alert the more sophisticated reader of the Graphic version to the ' true ' story of Tess ... Hardy soon afterwards attempted to ' piece the trunk and limbs of the novel ' together by restoring the censored ...
Page 243
... Hardy Mary Ellen Chase , Thomas Hardy : From Serial to Novel ( Russell & Russell , 1964 ) Robert Gittings , The Young Thomas Hardy ( Penguin , 1975 ) The Older Hardy ( Penguin , 1980 ) Thomas Hardy , ' Candour in fiction ' , in Life and ...
... Hardy Mary Ellen Chase , Thomas Hardy : From Serial to Novel ( Russell & Russell , 1964 ) Robert Gittings , The Young Thomas Hardy ( Penguin , 1975 ) The Older Hardy ( Penguin , 1980 ) Thomas Hardy , ' Candour in fiction ' , in Life and ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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The Framework of Fiction: Socio-cultural Approaches to the Novel John Bull No preview available - 1988 |
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