A General Drama of Pain Character and Fate in Hardy's Major Novels |
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| Author:
| Paris, Bernard J. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4128-4598-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | Transaction Publishers
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $64.90 |
Book Description:
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This motivational analysis of the protagonists in Thomas Hardy's three most widely read novels - Tess of the d'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Jude the Obscure - highlights an often-overlooked aspect of his art. Bernard J. Paris shows Hardy's genius in creating imagined human beings. He demonstrates that while Hardy tends to blame external conditions for his characters' painful fates, their downfalls are due to a very complex combination of cosmic, social, and psychological factors.
This motivational analysis of the protagonists in Thomas Hardy's three most widely read novels - Tess of the d'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Jude the Obscure - highlights an often-overlooked aspect of his art. Bernard J. Paris shows Hardy's genius in creating imagined human beings. He demonstrates that while Hardy tends to blame external conditions for his characters' painful fates, their downfalls are due to a very complex combination of cosmic, social, and psychological factors.