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All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed.  \nThe use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.  \nCover illustration: Marian Hilditch / Getty Images Printed on acid-free paper  \nThis Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd.  \nThe registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom  \nAcknowledgements  \nThis book initially grew out of my love for Thomas Hardy’s work; the wish to write it was also inspired by deaths and absences that have continued and will probably continue to be a personal living presence.  \nI am grateful to a number of friends and colleagues who either heard or read portions of the manuscript in recent years. My biggest thanks go to Yotam, who read every word and whose comments were challenging and wise. For their friendship and advice I thank Gal Manor, Amy Garnai, Tammy Amiel-Houser and Yael Shapira.  \nMy colleagues at the Open University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem were supportive and helpful. I am indebted to my research assistant Ruben Weiss of the English Department at the Hebrew University for his fine observations and hard work. I also thank my students in the“Thomas Hardy” and “English Elegy” classes at the Hebrew University for their lively input, which contributed to my understanding of Hardy and of the writing of mourning.  \nMy book evolved from early conference presentations. I thank Adrian Grafe from Artois University and Jane Thomas from the University of Hull for their generous and useful feedback on my papers on Hardy’s“codes of bereavement” delivered in Arras and Dorchester, respectively. I also owe thanks to Editor Ben Doyle for encouraging me to pursue this project almost from the start and expand it into a book. Ben, Camille Davies and the entire Palgrave Macmillan team offered continued professional help and guidance throughout the process.  \nvi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  \nFinally, I was fortunate in receiving the Alon Fellowship awarded by the Israeli Council for Higher Education, as well as several Open University research grants. This generous financial support facilitated my work, ","cbCaii4hqS6qgugt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaii4hqS6qgugt","pdf",1560836,177,"English","# Acknowledgements\n# Contents\n## Introduction\n## “Hands Behind Hands”: Seeing the Dead\n## “Spectres that Grieve”: The Dead Speak\n## “Still Corporeally Imminent”: Hardy’s Revenants\n## “For She Won’t Know”: Utilising the Dead\n## “I Do but the Phantom Retain”: The Mistrust of Memory\n## Works Cited\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the book’s main focus regarding Hardy’s writing?\",\"answer\":\"The book centers on Hardy’s investigation into death and bereavement and how the past affects the present through his poetry and fiction.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the study describe Hardy’s portrayal of the dead?\",\"answer\":\"The dead are imagined as phantoms deserving sustained attention, inscribed in landscapes and suggested through signs such as vaults, portraits, statues, wills, testaments, epitaphs, and letters.\"},{\"question\":\"Which themes organize the analysis across the chapters?\",\"answer\":\"Chapters move through key elegiac problems: seeing the dead, hearing the dead speak, Hardy’s revenants, using the dead, and the mistrust tied to memory.\"}]","Thomas Hardy’s Elegiac Prose and Poetry - Codes of Bereavement | PDF",1789987339,273,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":99},[100,104,107,111,116,121,126,131,136,139,143],{"id":22,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":26,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":105,"slug":106},80,"literature",{"id":33,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":108,"show_sort_weight":109,"slug":110},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":112,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":113,"show_sort_weight":114,"slug":115},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":117,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":118,"show_sort_weight":119,"slug":120},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":122,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":123,"show_sort_weight":124,"slug":125},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":127,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":128,"show_sort_weight":129,"slug":130},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":132,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":133,"show_sort_weight":134,"slug":135},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":134,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":137,"show_sort_weight":134,"slug":138},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":140,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":141,"show_sort_weight":140,"slug":142},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":144,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":145,"show_sort_weight":112,"slug":146},19,"General","general"]