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Zeitler, Michael A., 1948-

Representations of culture Thomas Hardy's Wessex & Victorian anthropology / [electronic resource] : Thomas Hardy's Wessex and Victorian anthropology Michael A. Zeitler. - New York : P. Lang, c2007. - 154 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-143) and index.

Introduction: Thomas Hardy, Wessex, and the critics -- The science of culture : anthropology and the creation of Wessex -- Beginnings : descriptions of local culture -- Wessex past and present : primitive and modern in The return of the native -- An experiment in tragic form : anthropological ritual and symbolic representation in Tess of the d'Urbervilles -- Beyond myth : the presence of the past in Jude the obscure.


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Subjects--Personal Names:
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 --Settings.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 --Knowledge--Wessex (England)
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Wessex novels.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Culture in literature.
Local history in literature.
Manners and customs in literature.
Country life in literature.
Regionalism in literature.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Wessex (England)--In literature.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR4757.S46 / Z45 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.8