A distant prospect of Wessex : archaeology and the past in the life and works of Thomas Hardy /

A distant prospect of Wessex : archaeology and the past in the life and works of Thomas Hardy /

'If the real Wessex, with its counties, towns, villages and topography, was no mere readily available template upon which Hardy could carve a fictional pattern, Dorchester provided a very different model, though at the level of local colour and detail, Casterbridge really is Dorchester 'by...

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Main Author: Davies, Martin J. P. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Archaeopress, [2011]

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Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Settings.
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Homes and haunts.
Wessex (England) > In literature.
Wessex (England) > Antiquities.

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