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intentionally left blank  \nThomas Hardyand the Church  \nJan Jędrzejewski  \nLecturer in EnglishUniversity of Ulster  \nFirst published in Great Britain 1996 by  \nMACMILLAN PRESS LTD  \nHoundmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG216XSand London  \nCompanies and representativesthroughout the world  \nA catalogue record for this book is availablefrom the British Library.  \nISBN 978-1-349-39527-9 ISBN 978-0-230-37827-8(eBook)DOI 10.1057/9780230378278  \nFirst published in the United States of America 1996 byST.MARTIN'S PRESS,INC.,Scholarly and Reference Division,175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataJedrzejewski,Jan.  \nThomas Hardy and the church /Jan Jedrzejewski.p.cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.  \n1.Hardy,Thomas,1840-1928—Religion.2.Christianity andliterature—England—History—19th century.3.Christian fiction,English—History and criticism.4.Hardy,Thomas,1840-1928--Characters—Clergy.5.Church architecture in literature.  \n6.Sacraments in literature.7.Churches in literature.8.Churchin literature.9.Clergy in literature.I.Title.  \nPR4757.R4J431996  \n823'.8—dc20  \n95-8582  \nCIP  \n◎ Jan Jedrzejewski 1996  \nSoftcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1996978-0-333-64025-8All 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 W1P 9HE.  \nAny person who does any unauthorised act in relation to thispublication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civilclaims for damages.  \n10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  105040302010099989796  \nMoim Rodzicom  \nEnkindled by my votive workNo burning faith I findThomas Hardy,'The Church-Builder’  \nContents  \nList of Abbreviations  \nAcknowledgements  \nix  \nIntroduction1  \n1 Hardy's Religious Biography  \n7  \n2 Architecture and Literature:Hardy's Churches  \n56  \n3 Religion as Spectacle:Hardy and Christian Ritual  \n120  \n4 Hardy's Clerical Characters  \n170  \nConclusion  \n211  \nNotes  \n215  \nIndex  \n230  \n# List of Abbreviations\n\nANThe Architectural Notebook of Thomas Hardy,ed.C.J.P.Beatty(Dorchester:Dorset Natural History and ArchaeologicalSociety,1966).CLThe Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy,ed.R.L.Purdy and M.Millgate,7 vols(Oxford:Oxford University Press,1978-88).LNThe Literary Notebooks of Thomas Hardy,ed.L.A.Björk,2 vols(London:Macmillan,1985).LWThe Life and Works of Thomas Hardy by Thomas Hardy,ed.M.Millgate (London:Macmillan,1984).PNThe Personal Notebooks of Thomas Hardy,ed.R.H.Taylor(London:Macmillan,1978).PWThomas Hardy's Personal Writings:Prefaces,Literary Opinions,Reminiscences,ed.H.Orel(London:Macmillan,1967).  \nUnless specifically stated,all quotes from Hardy's works are takenfrom Macmillan's New Wessex Edition (1974-8),which is based onthe 1912 Wessex Edition.  \n Acknowledgements   \nAmong the great many people whose help and support have madeit possible for me to write this book,may I first of all thank ProfessorJohn Bayley,the supervisor of the research project from which thisstudy has developed;his kindness,patience,and sense of humourmade my work on Hardy not only an intellectual adventure,but alsoa genuine pleasure.I am most grateful for the invaluable advice andencouragement,academic and otherwise,that I have had,at variousstages ofmywork,from ProfessorJohn Carey,ProfessorIrenaJanicka-Świderska,Professor Norman Page,DrZbigniew Pelczynski,ProfessorAndrew Sanders,DrNicholas Shrimpton,Professor AdelaStyczyńska,and Professor Robert Welch.I owe thanks to the University of Lódź,Poland,where I first developed an interest in Victorian literature ingeneral and in Hardy in 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