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Contemporary Literary Studies  \nOther Publications by Tin Dolin  \nMISTRESS OF THE HOUSE:Women of Property in the Victorian NovelTESS OF THE d'URBERVILLES(ed.)THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA(ed.)UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE(ed.)  \nOther Publications by Peter Widdowson1  \nON THOMAS HARDY:Late Essays &Earlier  \nTESS OF THE d'URBERVILLES:A New Casebook (ed.)  \nRE-READING ENGLISH(ed.)  \nLITERATURE(The New Critical Idiom)  \nHARDY IN HISTORY:A Study in Literary Sociology  \nE.M.FORSTER'S HOWARDS END:Fiction as History  \nA READER'S GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY LITERARY THEORY(co-edited withPeter Brooker)  \n# Thomas Hardy and\n\nContemporary LiteraryStudies  \nEdited by  \nTim DolinCurtin University of Technology  \nand  \nPeter WiddowsonUniversity of Gloucestershire  \n米  \nIntroduction,editorial matter and selection Tim Dolin and Peter Widdowson2004  \nChapter 3◎J.Hillis Miller 2004  \nAll other chapters Palgrave Macmillan Ltd 2004Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2004978-0-333-99445-0  \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 1988or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copyingissued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,90 Tottenham CourtRoad,London WiT 4LP.  \nAny person who does any unauthorised act in relation to thispublication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civilclaims for damages.  \nThe authors have asserted their rights to be identifiedas the authors of this work in accordance with theCopyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nPublished by  \nPALGRAVE MACMILLAN  \nHoundmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG216XS and175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010Companies and representatives throughout the world  \nPALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the PalgraveMacmillan division of St.Martin's Press,LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.Macmillan is a registered trademark in the United States,United Kingdomand other countries.Palgrave is a registered trademark in the EuropeanUnion and other countries.  \nISBN 978-0-230-38966-3(eBook)  \nISBN 978-1-349-43242-4  \nDOI 10.1057/9780230389663  \nThis book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fullymanaged and sustained forest sources.Logging.pulping and manufacturingprocesses are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of thecountry of origin.  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.Library of Congress Catalog Card Number:2003066378  \nTo my parents,Margaret and Bert Dolin  \nT.D.  \nTo U.A.Fanthorpe and Richard Emeny,Honorary Fellows andFriends of the University of Gloucestershire,with gratitude  \n—P.W.  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nContents  \nix  \nAcknowledgenents  \nNotes on Contributors  \nX  \nxii  \nA Note on Texts Used  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