| Thomas Hardy and Victorian Communication: Letters, Telegrams and Postal Systems 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Koehler, Karin (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319291017 ISBN-13: 9783319291017 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 801 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (0.95 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the relationship between Thomas Hardy's works and Victorian media and technologies of communication - especially the penny post and the telegraph. Through its close analysis of letters, telegrams, and hand-delivered notes in Hardy's novels, short stories, and poems, it ties together a wide range of subjects: technological and infrastructural developments; material culture; individual subjectivity and the construction of identity; the relationship between private experience and social conventions; and the new narrative possibilities suggested by modern modes of communication. |