Thomas Hardy, Sensationalism, and the Melodramatic Mode
ISBN: 9780230118843
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Palgrave Macmillan
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Fiction; Literature;

The first full-length study of sensationalist and melodramatic elements in Hardy's novels uses six of his texts to demonstrate the ways in which Hardy uses the melodramatic mode to advance his critique of established Victorian cultural beliefs through the employment of non-realistic plot devices and sensational 'excess.'

RICHARD NEMESVARI is a Professor and Dean of Arts at St. Francis Xavier University, USA.

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