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John ButlerPeter j.CasagrandeRaymond ChapmanJames GibsonTimothy HandsTrevor JohnsonCharles P.C.Pettit  \nF.B.PinionCraig RaineMichael SlaterPeter Widdowson  \nEdited by Charles PC.Pettit  \n# NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THOMAS HARDY\n\n\n| THE THOMAS HARDY SOCIETY  \u003Cbr>(President:The Earl of Stockton)  \u003Cbr>The Society welcomes anyone interested  \u003Cbr>in Hardy's writings,his life and his  \u003Cbr>times,and it takes pride in the  \u003Cbr>way in which at its meetings  \u003Cbr>people come together in a  \u003Cbr>harmony which would have  \u003Cbr>delighted Hardy himself.  \u003Cbr>Among its members are  \u003Cbr>many distinguished literary  \u003Cbr>and academic figures,and  \u003Cbr>many more who love and enjoy  \u003Cbr>Hardy's work sufficiently to wish  \u003Cbr>to meet fellow enthusiasts and  \u003Cbr>develop their appreciation of it.  \u003Cbr>Members receive copies of The Thomas Hardy Journal which is  \u003Cbr>published three times a year and is regarded as the leading source  \u003Cbr>of Hardy studies.Lectures,guided tours and walks in Hardy's  \u003Cbr>Wessex,and other events take place throughout the year,and there  \u003Cbr>is a biennial conference in Dorchester which brings together  \u003Cbr>students from all over the world.  \u003Cbr>For information about the Society please write to:  \u003Cbr>The Thomas Hardy Society  \u003Cbr>P.O.Box 1438  \u003Cbr>Dorchester  \u003Cbr>Dorset DT11YH   |\n| --- |\n\n# New Perspectives onThomas Hardy\n\nEdited by  \nCharles P.C.Pettit  \nChapter 10,editorial matter and selection ◎ Charles P.C.Pettit 1994Chapter 1C James Gibson 1994;Chapter 2◎ Peter J.Casagrande 1994;Chapter 3◎ Michael Slater 1994;Chapter 4 ◎ Trevor Johnson 1994;Chapter 5◎Peter Widdowson 1994;Chapter 6 ◎Lance St John Butler 1994;Chapter7◎Raymond Chapman 1994;Chapter 8◎ Timothy Hands 1994;Chapter9◎Craig Raine 1994;Chapter 11 ◎F.B.Pinion 1994  \nSoftcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1994978-0-333-60660-5  \nAll rights reserved.No reproduction,copy or transmission ofthis publication may be made without written permission.  \nNo paragraph of this publication may be reproduced,copied ortransmitted save with written permission or in accordance withthe provisions of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988,or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copyingissued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,90 Tottenham CourtRoad,London WiP9HE.  \nAny person who does any unauthorised act in relation to thispublication may be liable to crininal prosecution and civilclaims for damages.  \nFirst published in Great Britain 1994 byTHE MACMILLAN PRESS LTDHoundmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG212XSand London  \nCompanies and representativesthroughout the world  \nA catalogue record for this book is availablefrom the British Library.  \nISBN 978-1-349-23396-0 ISBN 978-1-349-23394-6(eBook)  \nDOI 10.1007/978-1-349-23394-6  \nTransferred to digital printing 199802/780  \nFirst published in the United States of America 1994 byScholarly and Reference Division,ST.MARTIN'S PRESS,INC.,175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010  \nISBN 978-0-312-12036-8  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publicaton Data  \nNew perspectives on Thomas Hardy/edited by Charles P.C.Pettit.p.cm.Includes index.ISBN 0-312-12036-2  \n1.Hardy,Thomas,1840-1928—Criticism and interpretation.  \nI.Pettit,Charles P.C.PR4754.N471994823'.8—dc2093-36998  \nFor Judith  \nContents  \nPreface  \nNotes on the Contributors  \nThe Characteristic of all Great Poetry-TheGeneral Perfectly Reduced in the Particular':Thomas HardyJames Gibson  \n1  \n2 'Something More to be Said':Hardy's CreativeProcess and the Case of Tess and JudePeter J.Casagrande  \n3 Hardy and the CityMichael Slater  \n4Thoroughfares of Stones':Hardy's 'Other'LovePoetryTrevor Johnson  \n5 Moments of Vision':Postmodernising Tess of thed'Urbervilles;or,Tess of the d'Urbervilles FaithfullyPresented by Peter WiddowsonPeter Widdowson  \n6 'Bosh'or:Believing neither More nor Less-Hardy,George 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