Descent of the Imagination: Post-Romantic Culture in the Later Novels of Thomas Hardy - Hardcover

Moore, Kevin Z.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814754511 ISBN 13: 9780814754511

Publisher: New York University Press, 1990

Synopsis

The Descent of the Imagination places Thomas Hardy's writing within the context of nineteenth-century fiction writing as a genre. Moore therefore regards his examination of Hardy's work as a form of archaeology as well as a genealogy of the romantic figure in fiction, from Wordsworth through Hardy. The book provides a new interpretation of Hardy's method of composition and uses new source material that will interest Hardy scholars. It offers an original view of the novelist that argues that his work, especially his later writings, were a deliberate rewriting of romanticism.

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About the Author

Kevin Z. Moore is Assistant Professor of Literature at American University, Washington, D.C.

Edition details

• Publisher: New York University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0814754511
• ISBN 13: 9780814754511
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 330