Thomas Hardy in Context - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Contents

pp v-vii

List of Illustrations

pp viii-viii

Notes on Contributors

pp ix-xvi

Preface

pp xvii-xx

A Note on the Editions

pp xxi-xxvi

List of Abbreviations

pp xxvii-xxviii

Chronology

pp xxix-xlviii

Part I - Life and Works

pp 1-70

1 - Lifeand Life

pp 3-12

2 - Memoirs and Recollections

pp 13-21

3 - Thomas Hardy and Friendship

pp 22-31

4 - The Public Hardy

pp 32-41

5 - From Serial to Volume

pp 42-53

6 - Illustration

pp 54-70

Part II - Critical Fortunes

pp 71-110

7 - Critical Responses I:

pp 73-83

8 - Critical Reponses II:

pp 84-98

9 - Hardy’s Poets as His Critics

pp 99-110

Part III - The Literary Scene

pp 111-164

10 - Thomas Hardy and Realism

pp 113-121

11 - Tragedy and the Novel

pp 122-131

12 - Hardy and the Short Story

pp 132-142

13 - Poet, Poetry, Poem

pp 143-152

14 - The Dynastsin Epic Context

pp 153-164

Part IV - The Historical and Cultural Context

pp 165-446

15 - Hardy and Social Class

pp 167-176

16 - ‘The Dorsetshire Labourer’

pp 177-187