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Jane Thomas  \n# THE BLOOMSBURY GUIDE TO VICTORIAN LITERATUREFROM 1830 TO 1900(editor)\n\n# Thomas Hardy,Femininity andDissent\n\nReassessing the 'Minor'Novels  \nJane Thomas  \nDepartment of EnglishThe Unversity of Hull  \nalgrave  \n中  \n◎ Jane Thomas 1999  \nSoftcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1999  \nll 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 1988or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copyingissued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,90 Tottenham CourtRoad,London W1P OLP.  \nAny person who does any unauthorised act in relation to thispublication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civilclaims for damages.  \nThe author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of thiswork in accordance with the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nPublished byPALGRAVE  \nHoundmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG216XS and175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010Companies and representatives throughout the world  \nPALGRAVE is the new global academic imprint of  \nSt.Martin's Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division andPalgrave Publishers Ltd(formerly Macmillan Press Ltd).  \nISBN 978-1-349-39072-4ISBN 978-0-230-37967-1(eBook)DOI 10.1057/9780230379671  \nThis book is printed on paper suitable for recycling andmade from fully managed and sustained forest sources.  \nA catalogue record for this book is availablefrom the British Library.  \nTransferred to digital printing 2001  \nFor Margaret Thomas and in loving memory ofDennis Frederick Morgan Thomas  \nAcknowledgementsixAbbreviationsX1 Hardy and 'The Thinking World112 The Question of 'Woman'273 Desperate Remedies(1871):The 'Martyrdom ofSelf-Conceit'524 A Pair of Blue Eyes(1873):Policing the Self695 The Hand of Ethelberta(1876):The Limits of Resistance856 A Laodicean(1881):Power and Agency967 Two on a Tower(1886):'The Artificial System of Things'1138 The Well-Beloved(1897):Galatea's Revenge131Notes147Bibliography157Index167  \n## Introduction\n\n工  \n#  Acknowledgements \n\nMany people have generously given their time and support to me inthe course of writing and revising this book.My especial thanks goto John Osborne,who first encouraged me to pursue this projectand then lived with the consequences.His clear-sighted and enthu-siastic engagement in numerous debates,and his intellectual rigour,have been matched only by his unstinting practical and emotionalsupport.Special thanks also to Rhiannon,Aeronwy and Carys whohave likewise shared their lives with this demanding brain-child.  \nI am grateful to Marion Shaw who helped me to conceive the ideaand bring it to fruition and who retained an interest in its progress.My gratitude also goes to Patsy Stoneman,Angela Leighton andJames Booth,who read the material in draft and final form andoffered invaluable comments and advice,and to other colleaguesand friends whose enthusiasm and encouragement have beengreatly appreciated:Wendy Scase,Neil Sinyard,Tom McAlindon,Bruce Woodcock and Judy Etheredge,and to Peter Widdowson andRoger Ebbatson whose work sharpened my interest in Hardy'sneglected novels.  \nIn addition my thanks go to the secretarial staff of the EnglishDepartment:Gill Cowper,Ruth Green,Kim Wilson and GillianCollins,for responding to my crises with characteristic sensitivityand good humour.I am especially grateful to Kim Wilson,and alsoGeorge Parkes and the staff of the Computer Centre,for showingme how to overcome seemingly insurmountable difficulties andavoid potential disasters.Thanks are also due to Charmian Hearnefor her support of the project and to Julian Honer and ChristinaZaba for seeing it through the press.  \nFinally my gratitude goes to my mother who has helped 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