Hardy was a poet of ghosts. In his poetry he describes himself as posthumous; as rekindling the cinders of passion; as the guardian of the dead forgotten by history; and as haunted by ghosts, particularly the spectre of the lost child (as in the rumour that he fathered a child in the 1860s). Using Derrida, Abraham and Torok and other theorists, and referring to Victorian debates on materialism, this book investigates ghostliness, historicity and memory in Hardy's poetry.
| ISBN: | 9780333597910 |
| Publication date: | 10th November 2000 |
| Author: | Tim Armstrong |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 198 pages |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: poetry and poets Fiction |
Hardy was a poet of ghosts. In his poetry he describes himself as posthumous; as rekindling the cinders of passion; as the guardian of the dead forgotten by history; and as haunted by ghosts, particularly the spectre of the lost child (as in the rumour that he fathered a child in the 1860s). Using Derrida, Abraham and Torok and other theorists, and referring to Victorian debates on materialism, this book investigates ghostliness, historicity and memory in Hardy's poetry.
Haunted Hardy features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Fiction
Haunted Hardy is available in Hardback
Haunted Hardy was written by Tim Armstrong and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Haunted Hardy has 198 pages
£80.99