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(􀀎􀀗􀀎,􀀎􀀘􀀑/ 􀀃􀀝􀀒􀀞􀀎!)  \n􀀉􀀍􀀝􀀞􀀎􀀖 *􀀎􀀒􀀙% 􀀓 􀀗􀀍􀀑 !􀀝\\#􀀑 􀀖 ? 􀀃􀀝􀀒􀀞􀀎! ,􀀎􀀘􀀑)  \n􀀜) 􀀐􀀞) @ -􀀂!􀀎 %􀀖􀀚!􀀘 􀀗􀀑A􀀗􀀖.  \n􀀇!􀀐 􀀏􀀙􀀑􀀖 􀀕􀀚􀀕 􀀚􀀝􀀘􀀒􀀎􀀜􀀍􀀚􀀐􀀎 􀀒􀀑'􀀑􀀒􀀑!􀀐􀀑􀀖 􀀎!􀀙 􀀚!􀀙􀀑A)  \nISBN 978-0-333-91436-6 (cloth) @ ISBN 978-0-333-71617-5 (pbk.)  \n-4􀀊!) *􀀘􀀎􀀎􀀒!􀀙􀀙%/ 􀀉@􀀇􀀍!􀀝􀀞􀀚􀀗􀀎􀀑􀀖􀀒􀀗4􀀏9􀀒B􀀑)7C􀀇)48􀀉3􀀚􀀗9@􀀑) 􀀇:􀀇􀀚) 􀀐􀀚􀀝􀀑􀀒!􀀚􀀑􀀎􀀖 ) +􀀝􀀒􀀛􀀖) 3) 􀀔􀀑􀀖􀀖􀀑A,2B;\u003C;):\u003C ),DB 3777  \n93D􀀂 )9@􀀙􀀐34  \n77C7B9D47  \n47 8 9 ; 5 \u003C B D 3 4  \n47 78 79 7; 75 7\u003C 7B 7D 73 74  \nContents  \nGeneral Editor's Preface viii  \nPART 1: THE NOVELS  \nIntroduction 3  \n1 Writer and Reader 4  \nIntroduction 4  \nThe Mayor of Casterbridge and the Voice of the  \nHardyan Narrator 6  \nJude the Obscure : Dramatic Method 11  \nTess ofthe d'Urbervilles : the Narrative of Indirection 16  \nFar from the Madding Crowd and Psychological Analysis 21  \nConclusions 27  \nMethods of Analysis 28  \nSuggestions for Further Work 29  \n2 Beginnings and Endings 30  \nIntroduction 30  \nThe Mayor ofCasterbridge : a Family without a Name 32  \nFar from the Madding Crowd: a `rural painting' 40  \nJude the Obscure : the Uses of Realism 45  \nTess ofthe d'Urbervilles : the Case of the Disappearing Heroine 51  \nConclusions 56  \nMethods of Analysis 57  \nSuggestions for Further Work 57  \n3 Nature and Humanity 59  \nIntroduction 59  \nTess ofthe d'Urbervilles : `impregnated by their  \nsurroundings' 60  \nJude the Obscure: Landscape and Alienation 65  \nFar from the Madding Crowd: Nature's Violence 71  \nThe Mayor of Casterbridge : the Uncertainty of Harvests 74  \nConclusions 79  \nMethods of Analysis 82  \nSuggestions for Further Work 83  \n4","cbCaiaa6ghjco85A","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaa6ghjco85A","pdf",1454073,205,"English","# Introduction\n## Writer and Reader\n## Beginnings and Endings\n## Nature and Humanity\n## Individuals and Communities\n## Tradition and Change\n## Men and Women\n# Hardy's Life and Work\n# The Context of Hardy's Fiction\n# Samples of Criticism\n## Michael Millgate\n## Arnold Kettle\n## Rosemarie Morgan\n## Elaine Showalter\n## Richard Dellamora\n# Guide to Further Reading\n## Autobiography and Biography\n## Reference\n## Criticism: General\n## Criticism: Specific Texts\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"How does the book analyze Hardy’s novels structurally?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on elements like beginnings and endings and discusses how narrative organization shapes meaning. It also provides methods of analysis and suggestions for further work.\"},{\"question\":\"What themes are covered across the main part of the study?\",\"answer\":\"The chapters address nature and humanity, individuals and communities, tradition and change, and gender relations. Each theme is linked to specific Hardy novels.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the second part add beyond close reading?\",\"answer\":\"It provides Hardy’s life and work background, the context of his fiction, and samples of criticism. It also includes a guide to further reading and an index.\"}]","Thomas Hardy - The Novels - Introduction | PDF",1789987426,316]