A distant prospect of Wessex : archaeology and the past in the life and works of Thomas Hardy / Martin J.P. Davies ; illustrated with photographs taken by the author.

By:

Davies, Martin J. P. (Martin John Peter) [author.]

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Archaeopress [publisher.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oxford : Archaeopress, [2011]Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:

text
still image

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1784910791
9781784910792

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

823.8 23

LOC classification:

PR4757.H5

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Contents:

Preface; Chapter One: Introduction: Perspectives on the Past; Chapter Two: Ancient Inspiration from the Science of the Imagination: Hardy, Archaeology, and Wessex (a Name Revived); Chapter Three: Novelist and 'Born Archaeologist': Hardy's Personal Writings; Chapter Four: Hardy's Roman Town: The Setting for The Mayor of Casterbridge; Chapter Five: Ancient and Modern Collide: Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Stonehenge; Chapter Six: Barrows and Beyond: Landscapes of the Past; Chapter Seven: Personal Memories and Ancient Remains: The Poetry; Chapter Eight: Beyond Wessex: Architecture and Ideas in Oxford and Cornwall; Bibliography; Index of People and Places.

Summary: 'If the real Wessex, with its counties, towns, villages and topography, was no mere readily available template upon which Hardy could carve a fictional pattern, Dorchester provided a very different model, though at the level of local colour and detail, Casterbridge really is Dorchester 'by any other name'. In this study, Martin Davies examines the role which Thomas Hardy's involvement with the past plays in his life and literary work.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

'If the real Wessex, with its counties, towns, villages and topography, was no mere readily available template upon which Hardy could carve a fictional pattern, Dorchester provided a very different model, though at the level of local colour and detail, Casterbridge really is Dorchester 'by any other name'. In this study, Martin Davies examines the role which Thomas Hardy's involvement with the past plays in his life and literary work.

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