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John Bayley
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date
February 28, 1978
Pages
237
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780521218146
ISBN-10
0521218144
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Out of Print
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$69.95
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university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This 1981 book suggests an insightful approach to Hardy as a poet and novelist. With the novels in particular it concentrates not so much on ideas and attitudes as on the texture of the writing, and on the crucial importance in it between one kind of exposition and another. John Bayley starts by establishing a difference between Hardy the private 'noticer' of things and people, and Hardy the professional author committed to interpreting these observations to his readers. The vital ingredients of eroticism and humour are analysed in detail, as are the unusual ways in which passiveness, 'pessimism', and anthropomorphism function in the poems and novels, and an insightful reading of Tess is put forward. Professor Bayley shows that the rewards of reading Hardy are greater than ever, although they are not necessarily those which the reader expects, or has been taught to look for.
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Hardcover
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1 edition from Cambridge Univ Pr (February 28, 1978)
9780521218146 | details & prices | 237 pages | List price $69.95
About: This 1981 book suggests an insightful approach to Hardy as a poet and novelist.
About: This 1981 book suggests an insightful approach to Hardy as a poet and novelist.
Paperback
from Cambridge Univ Pr (December 1, 1981)
9780521284622 | details & prices | List price $44.99
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