Thomas Hardy and Desire Conceptions of the Self

Drawing on a broad concept of desire, informed by poststructuralist theorists this book examines the range of Hardy's work. It demonstrates the sustained nature of his thinking about desire, its relationship to the social and symbolic network in which hum

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Thomas Hardy and Desire

10.1057/9781137305060 - Thomas Hardy and Desire, Jane Thomas

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10.1057/9781137305060 - Thomas Hardy and Desire, Jane Thomas

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Thomas Hardy and Desire Jane Thomas Senior Lecturer in English, University of Hull, UK

10.1057/9781137305060 - Thomas Hardy and Desire, Jane Thomas

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Conceptions of the Self

© Jane Thomas 2013

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Contents vi

Acknowledgements

vii

List of Abbreviations

ix

Introduction – Thomas Hardy and De

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