The Great Web. The Form of Hardy's Major Fiction

London England: Faber & Faber ., 1982. Paperback. Couple of slight marks to cover. In this important study of Hardy's novels Ian Gregor asks the question, "What kind of fiction did Harvey write?".The inquiry leads him into a detailed acount of Hardy's six major novels from Far From the Madding Crowd to Jude The Obscure, and into showing the way in which these novels relate to each other in the growth of Hardy's career. It also leads him into sketching a theory of fiction which places an emphasis on the novel as a dynamic process rather than as a completed structure, an emphasis which involves taking a fresh look at the importance of the story, and the complex ways in which the reader is involved in the novel as it unfolds. The book then suggests important innovations in critical method and theory, but its primary aim is to encourage the enjoyment and appreciation of Hardy's most famous novels by offering a coherent, illuminating and consistently lively account of one reader's response to them. 236 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Reprint. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.