Thomas Hardy, monism and the carnival tradition :
Wickens, G. Glen, 1947-
Thomas Hardy, monism and the carnival tradition : the one and the many in The dynasts / G. Glen Wickens. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2002. - xix, 255 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Relocating The Dynasts -- Hardy's Longest Novel and the Monistic Theory of the Universe -- The Will's Official Spirit -- Unconscious or Superconscious? -- Poetry and Prose -- A Carnivalesque Picture of Carnival -- Heroism, Speech Zones, and Genres -- The Crowds of War -- Chronotopes and the Death-Birth of a World -- Conclusion: Hardy and Bakhtin. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"In this book, G. Glen Wickens offers a new reading of a work which is often ignored by critics and students of Victorian literature, Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts. Wickens explores the monistic viewpoint of The Dynasts through reference to nineteenth- and early twentieth-century philosophical writings which have never before been applied to Hardy's writing. Using insights derived from the critical theory of Mikhail Bakhtin - in particular his concept of carnival - Wickens also counters the usual view of The Dynasts as failed epic or tragedy, and instead situates the work as a novel within the serio-comical genres. In doing so, he brings out new, violent implications to Bakhtin's theory of laughter and carnival.". "Thomas Hardy, Monism, and the Carnival Tradition is the first book-length study of Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts since 1977. It will be of interest to Hardy scholars, critics of Bakhtin, and readers interested in monist philosophy or nineteenth-century history."--BOOK JACKET.
0802048641 : $60.00
20019042086
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Dynasts.
Bakhtin, M. M. 1895-1975.
Carnival in literature.
Monism in literature.
822/.8
Thomas Hardy, monism and the carnival tradition : the one and the many in The dynasts / G. Glen Wickens. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2002. - xix, 255 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Relocating The Dynasts -- Hardy's Longest Novel and the Monistic Theory of the Universe -- The Will's Official Spirit -- Unconscious or Superconscious? -- Poetry and Prose -- A Carnivalesque Picture of Carnival -- Heroism, Speech Zones, and Genres -- The Crowds of War -- Chronotopes and the Death-Birth of a World -- Conclusion: Hardy and Bakhtin. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"In this book, G. Glen Wickens offers a new reading of a work which is often ignored by critics and students of Victorian literature, Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts. Wickens explores the monistic viewpoint of The Dynasts through reference to nineteenth- and early twentieth-century philosophical writings which have never before been applied to Hardy's writing. Using insights derived from the critical theory of Mikhail Bakhtin - in particular his concept of carnival - Wickens also counters the usual view of The Dynasts as failed epic or tragedy, and instead situates the work as a novel within the serio-comical genres. In doing so, he brings out new, violent implications to Bakhtin's theory of laughter and carnival.". "Thomas Hardy, Monism, and the Carnival Tradition is the first book-length study of Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts since 1977. It will be of interest to Hardy scholars, critics of Bakhtin, and readers interested in monist philosophy or nineteenth-century history."--BOOK JACKET.
0802048641 : $60.00
20019042086
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Dynasts.
Bakhtin, M. M. 1895-1975.
Carnival in literature.
Monism in literature.
822/.8