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Thomas Hardy, Time and Narrative

A Narratological Approach to his Novels

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 1-6

  3. Trainspotting in Wessex: Temporal Transparency in Desperate Remedies

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 7-20

  4. Seasonal and Serial Time: Under the Greenwood Tree and A Pair of Blue Eyes

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 21-36

  5. By Sword or by Crook: Cross-Plotting in Far from the Madding Crowd

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 37-53

  6. Comic Rhythms and Narrative Tangents in The Hand of Ethelberta

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 54-69

  7. From Jewels to Furze: Transience and Permanence in The Return of the Native

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 70-85

  8. Martial Music: Time-Signatures in The Trumpet-Major

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 86-100

  9. Ancient and Modern Revised? Conflicting Values in A Laodicean

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 101-114

  10. The Better Heaven Beneath: Revenges of Time in Two on a Tower

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 115-128

  11. Legacy Issues: The Power of Temporal Ellipsis in The Mayor of Casterbridge

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 129-146

  12. Sylvan Time and Natural Semiotics in The Woodlanders

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 147-162

  13. Phases of Life and Cycles of Time in Tess of the d’Urbervilles

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 163-177

  14. Temporal Janus: Retrospects and Prospects in Jude the Obscure

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 178-191

  15. Triple Time: Avices and Devices in The Well-Beloved

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 192-204

  16. Conclusion

    • Ken Ireland
    Pages 205-217

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 218-291
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How is Hardy's development of thematics and characters matched by that of narrative techniques and his handling of time? This book uses narratological methods to stress the interdependence of content and expression in a key transitional writer between the Victorian and Modernist eras.

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“Hardy is a worthy subject for a narratological study and Ireland has provided a detailed exploration of his handling of time and narrative perspective in his fourteen novels. Through offering some valuable insights into the internal workings of Hardy’s novels, Thomas Hardy, Time and Narrative has opened up some suggestive lines of inquiry for those who may wish to examine the thematic significance of Ireland’s findings.” (Trish Ferguson, English Studies, Vol. 97 (7), 2016)

About the author

Ken Ireland has lectured for The Open University, taught numerous courses for the Universities of Cambridge, UEA and London, and published two books, many articles and conference papers.

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