Palgrave Advances in Thomas Hardy Studies

Palgrave Advances in Thomas Hardy Studiesexplores the key issues in the ongoing and lively debate about Thomas Hardy's work as a novelist and poet. In twelve newly-commissioned essays, distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic review, take issue with, and take forward the most recent and significant research on Thomas Hardy.

Phillip Mallett is Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of St. Andrews.

Chronology * Notes on Contributors * Introduction--P.Mallett * Hardy and the Critics--C.Lock * Hardy and His Readers--R.Nemesvari * Hardy and Biography--R.Pite * Editing Hardy--R.Morgan * Hardy and Class--R.Ebbatson * Hardy, Victorian Culture, and Provinciality--M.Rimmer * Hardy and Science--A.Richardson * Hardy and Sexuality--P.Mallett * Hardy and Englishness--J.Whitehead * Visual Inspiration in Hardy's Fiction--J.Hughes * Hardy and Nineteenth-Century Poetry and Poetics--L.M.Shires * Hardy's Aesthetic of Imperfection: Poetic and Social Connotations--J.P.Ward * Bibliography * Index