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Distant Prospect of Wessex: Archaeology and the Past in the Life of Thomas Hardy
Martin J P Davies
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Description for Distant Prospect of Wessex: Archaeology and the Past in the Life of Thomas Hardy
Paperback. Based on thesis (doctoral) submitted to the University of Leicester in 2002. Num Pages: 226 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 680.
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. Hardy’s life encompasses the transformation of archaeology out of mere antiquarianism into a fully scientific discipline. Hardy – once described as ‘a born archaeologist’ – observed this process at first ... Read more
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. Hardy’s life encompasses the transformation of archaeology out of mere antiquarianism into a fully scientific discipline. Hardy – once described as ‘a born archaeologist’ – observed this process at first ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Archaeopress Archaeology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905739417
SKU
V9781905739417
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99-25
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