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No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission.  \nNo paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence  \npermitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP.  \nAny person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified  \nas the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nFirst published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN  \nHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and  \n175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010  \nCompanies and representatives throughout the world  \nPALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries.  \nISBN 978-1-349-41127-6 ISBN 978-0-230-50025-9 (eBook) DOI 10. 1057/9780230500259  \nThis book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources.  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gatrell, Simon.  \nThomas Hardy’s vision of Wessex / Simon Gatrell.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.  \n1. Hardy, Thomas, 1840–1928—Settings. 2. Hardy, Thomas, 1840–1928—Knowledge—Wessex (England) 3. Regional literature, English—History and criticism. 4. Wessex (England)—In literature. 5. Country life in literature. I. Title.  \nPR4757.S46G37 2003  \n823′.8—dc21 2003049764  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \n12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03  \nTo Michael Millgate  \nContents  \nPreface viii  \nList of Illustrations xi  \nIntroduction xii  \n1 The Conception and Birth of Wessex 1  \n2 Variations on the Original Theme 27  \n3 The First Evolutionary Leap 45  \n4 Tess ofthe d’Urbervilles 61  \n5 Handling New Wessex 91  \n6 The Collected Editions 1 112  \n7 The Collected Editions 2 140  \n8 The Poetry 164  \n9 Cider, Mead and Ale 188  \n10 Sounds 195  \n11 The Languages of Wessex 202  \n12 Wessex Rail 226  \n13 Conclusion: Politics, Guides and Critics 234  \nNotes 244  \nIndex of Place Names 256  \nGeneral Index 260  \nPreface  \nAn important note to the reader  \nIn its original conception this book was to have included all revisions that Hardy made to the various aspects of Wessex. This was found to be economically unviable, and instead much of the material will be found at a website associated with the book: [http//www.english.uga.edu/Wessex. Many of](http//www.english.uga.edu/Wessex. Many of) the endnotes direct the reader to the website for further information, and indeed the arguments in the book are now supported by only the essential minimum of illustration. The website has three levels, all of which may be accessed from the front page. The first responds directly to the book’s endnotes, and also has a full list of books consulted; the second includes a range of secondary material relevant to details of Wessex discussed in the book; the third is an archive listing almost all (to claim completeness would be folly) the revisions Hardy made in his fiction to aspects of Wessex (for the poetry the reader should consult Samuel Hynes’s edition, details of which are given in the following section) . 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