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Author Radford, Andrew, 1972- author

Title Thomas Hardy and the survivals of time / Andrew Radford
Published New York : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series The nineteenth century series
Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Contents Opening the fan of time -- Paganism revived? -- Stories of today -- The unmanned fertility figure -- Killing the God -- A bizarre farewell to fiction?
Summary Andrew Radford here situates Hardy's fiction and poetry in a context of the new sciences of humankind that evolved during the Victorian age to accommodate an immense range of literal and figurative 'excavations' then taking place. Combining literary close readings with broad historical analyses, he explores Hardy's artistic response to geological, archaeological and anthropological findings. In particular, he analyses Hardy's lifelong fascination with the doctrine of 'survivals', a term coined by E.B. Tylor in Primitive Culture (1871) to denote customs, beliefs and practices persisting in isolation from their original cultural context. Radford reveals how Hardy's subtle reworking of Tylor's doctrine offers a valuable insight into the inter-penetration of science and literature during this period." "An important aspect of Radford's research focuses on lesser known periodical literature that grew out of a British amateur antiquarian tradition of the nineteenth century. His readings of Hardy's literary notebooks disclose the degree to which Hardy's own considerable scientific knowledge was shaped by the middlebrow periodical press. Thus, Thomas Hardy and the Survivals of Time raises questions not only about the reception of scientific ideas but also the creation of nonspecialist forms of scientific discourse
Notes Originally published in 2003 by Ashgate Publishing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed March 7, 2017)
Subject Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Knowledge -- History
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Knowledge -- Antiquities
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Fictional works
SUBJECT Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 fast
Subject Literature and anthropology -- England -- History -- 19th century
Literature and history -- England -- History -- 19th century
Antiquities in literature.
Paganism in literature.
History in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Antiquities
Antiquities in literature
History
Criticism and interpretation
History in literature
Literature
Literature and anthropology
Literature and history
Paganism in literature
SUBJECT Wessex (England) -- In literature
Wessex (England) -- Antiquities
Subject England
England -- Wessex
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351879354
1351879359