The Decline of the Goddess: Nature, Culture, and Women in Thomas Hardy's Fiction

by Shirley A. Stave

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This timely book treats Hardy's recurring use of one of the major informing myths of Western culture--that of a collision between a solar god and an earth goddess. Stave uses a chronological examination of Hardy's Wessex novels to highlight the author's evolving consciousness of the connections among patriarchy, Christianity, sexism, and classism. From the gentle affirmation of Far From the Madding Crowd to the grim Jude the Obscure,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0313295662

ISBN13:9780313295669

Release Date:June 1995

Publisher:Praeger

Length:184 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"

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