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Tables of Contents for Thomas Hardy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
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User's Guide
7
1
Editor's Note
8
1
Introduction
9
4
Biography of Thomas Hardy
13
8
Plot Summary of Far from the Madding Crowd
21
8
List of Characters in Far from the Madding Crowd
29
2
Critical Views on Far from the Madding Crowd
31
15
Howard Babb on Setting and Theme
31
2
Richard C. Carpenter on Mirror Imagery
33
3
William Mistichelli on Androgyny, Survival and Fulfillment
36
4
Michael Squires on the Pastoral
40
2
Judith Bryant Wittenberg on Angles of Vision
42
4
Plot Summary of The Return of the Native
46
7
List of Characters in The Return of the Native
53
2
Critical Views on The Return of the Native
55
20
Gillian Beer on Plot and Writing
55
5
Jennifer Gribble on the Ambiguity of ``The Quiet Woman''
60
2
Robert Langbaum on Versions of Pastoral
62
3
Charles E. May on the Magic of Metaphor
65
4
Perry Meisel on the Return of the Repressed
69
2
Robert Squillace on Hardy and the Mummers
71
4
Plot Summary of The Mayor of Casterbridge
75
5
List of Characters in The Mayor of Casterbridge
80
2
Critical Views on The Mayor of Casterbridge
82
15
Peter J. Casagrande on the Architectural Matrix
82
2
R. P. Draper on Oedipus and Fate
84
3
D. H. Fussell on Changing Times
87
4
Robert C. Schweik on Character and Fate
91
2
Michael Taft on Folklore and the Literary Imagination
93
4
Plot Summary of Tess of the d'Urbervilles
97
7
List of Characters in Tess of the d'Urbervilles
104
2
Critical Views on Tess of the d'Urbervilles
106
15
Kristin Brady on Tess and Alec
106
2
Mary Jacobus on Maternal Imagery
108
3
Dale Kramer on the Tragedy of Consciousness
111
3
Ronald D. Morrison on Reading and Restoration
114
3
Lisa Sternlieb on the Old Testament and Tess' Character
117
4
Plot Summary of Jude the Obscure
121
9
List of Characters in Jude the Obscure
130
1
Critical Views on Jude the Obscure
131
18
Suzanne Edwards on the Self-Conscious Child
131
3
Regenia Gagnier on Education and Marriage
134
3
William R. Goetz on the Distinction Between Divorce and Marriage
137
2
Elizabeth Langland on the Elusive Sue Bridehead
139
3
Patrick R. O'Malley on the Role of the Supernatural
142
4
Paul Pickrel on the Fall of Phaethon
146
3
Works
149
2
Thomas Hardy
Works About Thomas Hardy
151
4
Acknowledgments
155
3
Index of Themes and Ideas
158