Social Transformations in Hardy's Tragic Novels: Megamachines and PhantasmsDrawing on the theoretical work of Deleuze and Guattari and that of Jean Laplanche - particularly his major and as yet still relatively unfamiliar notion of the phantasme - Social Formation in Hardy's Major Novels is an original and groundbreaking rereading of Hardy's four major tragic novels. The readings are sophisticated and yet accessible. The theoretical work is complemented by the use of new and hitherto unregarded major empirical findings that reveal the very heart of Hardy's creative universe. |
Contents
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2 The Interrupted Return | 23 |
3 The Exploding Body of The Mayor of Casterbridge | 50 |
a becoming woman | 89 |
the Phantasmatic Capture | 108 |
6 Retranslating Jude the Obscure I | 145 |
7 Traversing The WellBeloved | 155 |
8 Retranslating Jude the Obscure II | 170 |
Notes | 191 |
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Social Transformations in Hardy's Tragic Novels: Megamachines and Phantasms D. Musselwhite No preview available - 2003 |
Social Transformations in Hardy's Tragic Novels: Megamachines and Phantasms D. Musselwhite No preview available - 2003 |
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