Thomas Hardy Texts and Contexts

InThomas Hardy: Texts and Contextsdistinguished critics from Canada, Japan, the US, and the UK, offer fresh and challenging readings of Hardy's works. They also raise far wider and far-reaching questions about Hardy's attitude to his art, his relation to such contemporary forms as melodrama, and his response to the ongoing scientific debates, from Darwin to Einstein, about sexuality; personal identity; the meaning of suicide; and the nature of time.Mallett, Phillip is the author of 'Thomas Hardy Texts and Contexts', published 2002 under ISBN 9781403901316 and ISBN 1403901317.