Tragedy in the Victorian Novel: Theory and Practice in the Novels of George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and Henry JamesHow does one dominant literary genre fall into decline, to be superseded by another? The classic instance is the rise of the novel in the nineteenth century, and how it came to embody the tragic vision of life which had previously been the domain of drama. Dr King focuses on three novelists, George Eliot. Thomas Hardy and Henry James. All three, while trying to offer a realistic picture of life in prose narrative, wrote with the concept of tragedy clearly in mind. The concern was widespread, and Victorian literary critics found themselves discussing the problem of how one might reconcile concepts as dissimilar as tragedy and realism. Their criticism provides Dr King with her starting point. Dr King examines the work of her three authors in relation to the large concepts of traditional tragic thought, and also examines how the form of specific novels was affected by their differing ideas of tragedy. |
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... Hardy , Thomas 1840-1928 - Criticism and interpretation . 5. James , Henry , 1843-1916 - Criticism and interpretation . I. Title . PR878.T7K5 823.103 77-77762 ISBN 0521 21670 2 hard covers ISBN 0521 29744 3 paperback CONTENTS Preface ...
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Theory and Practice in the Novels of George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and Henry James Jeannette King. 5 THOMAS HARDY : TRAGEDY ANCIENT AND MODERN ( i ) Tragedy as a formal concept in Hardy's novels ( ii ) The Return of the Native ( iii ) The ...
Theory and Practice in the Novels of George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and Henry James Jeannette King. 5 THOMAS HARDY : TRAGEDY ANCIENT AND MODERN ( i ) Tragedy as a formal concept in Hardy's novels ( ii ) The Return of the Native ( iii ) The ...
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Contents
DETERMINISM | 16 |
FROM TRAGIC DRAMA TO THE TRAGIC NOVEL | 36 |
i Pathetic tragedy | 70 |
TRAGEDY ANCIENT AND MODERN | 97 |
FREEDOM AND FORM THE TRAGIC | 127 |
CONCLUSION | 158 |
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