Thomas Hardy, Monism, and the Carnival Tradition: The One and the Many in The Dynasts

Gordon Glen Wickens

Published by University of Toronto Press 2002

Thomas Hardy, Monism, and the Carnival Tradition

The One and the Many in The Dynasts

Gordon Glen Wickens

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442682634

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Using insights derived from the critical theory of Mikhail Bakhtin, Wickens counters the usual view of The Dynasts as failed epic or tragedy, and instead situates the work as a novel within the serio-comical genres.

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Wickens Gordon Glen :

G. Glen Wickens is a professor in the Department of English, Bishop’s University. He has published articles on Hardy, Tennyson and various aspects of Victorian literary and philosophical thought.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction: RelocatingiTheDynasts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
1. Hardy‘s Longest Novel and the Monistic Theory of the Universe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Will’s Official Spirit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
3. Unconscious or Superconscious? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
4. Poetry and Prose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
5. A Carnivalesque Picture of Carnival Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
6. Heroism, Speech Zones, and Genres Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
7. The Crowds of War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
8. Chronotopes and the Death-Birth of a World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
Conclusion: Hardy and Bakhtin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
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- Main content: 320

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Published: June 25, 2002
ISBN: 9781442682634