English Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, Textual Criticism, Fiction Writing, English Fiction & Prose Literature - 19th Century - Literary Criticism, Short Stories - Literary Criticism
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Overview
This book sheds much new light on Hardy's authorial practices in a previously neglected area of his literary output. It is the first comprehensive study of all of Hardy's thirty-seven collected short stories, a substantial number of which are among his most important works. One chapter is devoted to each of the individual stories, analysing the history of their composition and significant revision from manuscript through serial publication, galleys, revises and collected editions. Martin Ray's analysis gives a new prominence to Hardy's work in the short story and his professional commitment to it as a form, illuminating his creative practices and demonstrating how he responded to the demands of censorship and bowdlerization. It will be of particular interest to students of Victorian fiction, textual historians and bibliographers, as well as Thomas Hardy scholars.Editorials
Booknews
Hardy's novels (e.g. "The Return of the Native", "Tess", and "Jude") so eclipsed his other literary output, that this study purports to be the first comprehensive one of all of the author's 37 collected short stories. For Hardy scholars, students of Victorian literature, and textual historians/biographers, Ray (U. of Aberdeen) provides a chronology of these stories in tandem with other writings and events in Hardy's life, and devotes a chapter each to analyzing their composition and revisions. The stories are covered in four major sections: the Wessex tales (e.g. "The Duchess of Hamptonshire", 1878); a group of noble dames; life's little ironies; and "A Changed Man" (1913) and other tales. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
September 18, 1997
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Limited
Pages
374
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781859282021