Thomas Hardy, monism, and the carnival tradition : the one and the many in the dynasts / / G. Glen Wickens

• Autore: Wickens G. Glen <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002; ©2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 822.8
• Soggetto topico: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Literature and the wars; Carnival in literature; Monism in literature; Fiction - Technique
• Soggetto genere / forma: Conference papers and proceedings.; Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Relocating The Dynasts""; ""1 Hardy's Longest Novel and the Monistic Theory of the Universe""; ""2 The Will's Official Spirit""; ""3 Unconscious or Superconscious?""; ""4 Poetry and Prose""; ""5 A Carnivalesque Picture of Carnival""; ""6 Heroism, Speech Zones, and Genres""; ""7 The Crowds of War""; ""8 Chronotopes and the Death-Birth of a World""; ""Conclusion: Hardy and Bakhtin""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S"" ; ""T""""u""; ""v""; ""w""; ""z""
• Sommario/riassunto: "In this book, G. Glen Wickens offers a new reading of a work which is often ignored by critics and students of Victorian literature, Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts. Wickens explores the monistic viewpoint of The Dynasts through reference to nineteenth- and early twentieth-century philosophical writings which have never before been applied to Hardy's writing. Using insights derived from the critical theory of Mikhail Bakhtin - in particular his concept of carnival - Wickens also 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. In doing so, he brings out new, violent implications to Bakhtin's theory of laughter and carnival." "Thomas Hardy, Monism, and the Carnival Tradition is the first book-length study of Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts since 1977. It will be of interest to Hardy scholars, critics of Bakhtin, and readers interested in monist philosophy or nineteenth-century history."--Jacket.
• Titolo autorizzato: Thomas Hardy, monism, and the carnival tradition
• ISBN: 1-282-03390-5; 9786612033902; 1-4426-8263-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780559503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II