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BY KEITH WILSON  \nThomas Hardy Reappraised: Essays in Honour of Michael Millgate  \nUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS Toronto Buffalo London  \n© University of Toronto Press Incorporated 2006 Toronto Buffalo London  \nPrinted in Canada  \nISBN-13: 978-0-8020-3955-2  \nISBN-10: 0-8020-3955-3  \nPrinted on acid-free paper  \nLibrary and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication  \nThomas Hardy reappraised : essays in honour of Michael Millgate / edited by Keith Wilson.  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8020-3955-3  \n1. Hardy, Thomas, 1840–1928 – Criticism and interpretation.  \nI. Millgate, Michael II. Wilson, Keith (Keith G.) PR4754 .T495 2006 823  .8 C2005-907375-6  \nUniversity of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to its publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.  \nUniversity of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial support for its publishing activities of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) .  \nContents  \nAcknowledgments vii  \nIntroduction by Keith Wilson ix  \n1 The Gospel According to Hardy 3  \npamela dalziel  \n2 ‘My Scripture Manner’: Reading Hardy’s Biblical and  \nLiturgical Allusion 20  \nmary rimmer  \n3 Hardy and Hamlet 38  \ndennis taylor  \n4 Literary Allusion: Hardy and Other Poets 55  \nbarbara hardy  \n5 Hardy’s Subterranean Child 78  \nu.c. knoepflmacher  \n6 Written in Stone: Hardy’s Grotesque Sublime 96  \nmarjorie garson  \n7 The Erotics of Dress in A Pair of Blue Eyes 118  \nsimon gatrell  \n8 Hardy’s Rural Painting of the Dutch School 136  \nruth bernard yeazelL  \nvi Contents  \n9 Individual and Community in The Return of the Native: A Reappraisal 154  \nj. hillis miller  \n10 The Woodlanders and the Darwinian Grotesque 174 GEORGE LEVINE  \n11 Plato and the Love Goddess: Paganism in Two Versions of The Well-Beloved 199  \njeremy v. steele  \n12 Aesthetics and Thematics in Hardy’s Volumes of Verse: The Example of Time’s Laughingstocks 219  \nwilliam w. morgan  \n13 Hardy and the Battle God 245 samuel hynes  \n14 Opening Time: Hardy’s Poetic Thresholds 262 norman page  \n15 Thomas Hardy and the Powyses 270 w.j. keith  \nSelected Checklist of Hardy-Related Publications by Michael Millgate 287 Notes on Contributors 291  \nIndex 297  \nAcknowledgments  \nMy main thanks go to the authors of these essays, all of whom responded with such warmth and enthusiasm to the invitation to express in this way their appreciation for Michael Millgate’s contributions to Hardy studies. Pamela Dalziel in particular was a firm and wise supporter of this project from its inception and I thank her for her assistance in bringing it to fruition. I am grateful also to the generous support provided by the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa and the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto. At Ottawa, Antoni Lewkowicz, former Associate Dean of Arts (Research), and David Rampton, Chair of English, provided invaluable assistance, as did Brian Corman, Chair of English at the University of Toronto, and Iam greatly indebted to all three. I also thank my colleagues Ina Ferris and April London for, as always, their sage advice. Jill McConkey of the University of Toronto Press helped at every stage of this book’s advance to publication and I am most indebted to her, as I am to Barb Porter for her work as editor. Miriam Skey was an exemplary copy-editor, and Iam very grateful to her.  \nKeith Wilson Ottawa February 2006  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nIntroduction  \nkeith wilson  \nThis collection of new essays written by fifteen of the world’s most eminent Hardy scholars in honour of Michael Millgate, University Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Toronto, offers in the frequency with which his name is invoked in its bibliographical citations graphic testimony to the magnitude of his contribution to ","cbCairoOjtmSAbzk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairoOjtmSAbzk","pdf",1753926,329,"English","# Acknowledgments\n# Introduction by Keith Wilson\n# The Gospel According to Hardy\n# ‘My Scripture Manner’: Reading Hardy’s Biblical and Liturgical Allusion\n# Hardy and Hamlet\n# Literary Allusion: Hardy and Other Poets\n# Hardy’s Subterranean Child\n# Written in Stone: Hardy’s Grotesque Sublime\n# The Erotics of Dress in A Pair of Blue Eyes\n# Hardy’s Rural Painting of the Dutch School\n# Individual and Community in The Return of the Native: A Reappraisal\n# The Woodlanders and the Darwinian Grotesque\n# Plato and the Love Goddess: Paganism in Two Versions of The Well-Beloved\n# Aesthetics and Thematics in Hardy’s Volumes of Verse: The Example of Time’s Laughingstocks\n# Hardy and the Battle God\n# Opening Time: Hardy’s Poetic Thresholds\n# Thomas Hardy and the Powyses\n# Selected Checklist of Hardy-Related Publications by Michael Millgate\n# Notes on Contributors\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of Thomas Hardy Reappraised?\",\"answer\":\"It presents new essays by leading Hardy scholars written in honor of Michael Millgate and his impact on Hardy studies.\"},{\"question\":\"Who edited the collection?\",\"answer\":\"The essays are edited by Keith Wilson.\"},{\"question\":\"Which areas of Hardy scholarship do the essays cover?\",\"answer\":\"The table of contents shows chapters addressing Hardy’s biblical and liturgical allusions, intertextual poetry, major novels, themes, and aesthetic or thematic analysis across Hardy’s works.\"}]","Thomas Hardy Reappraised - Essays in Honour of Michael Millgate | PDF",1789987313,507]