Thomas Hardy and the Church /

Jȩdrzejewski, Jan,

Thomas Hardy and the Church / by Jan Jȩdrzejewski. - 1 online resource (IX, 243 pages) : online resource

Thomas Hardy and the Church traces the development of Hardy's attitude towards Christianity. Through an analysis, firmly rooted in documentary evidence, of his use of the motifs of church architecture, religious ritual, and the characters of clergymen, Jan Jedrzejewski argues that the tension between Hardy's emotional attachment to the Christian tradition and his inability to accept its ontological essence generated a response to Christianity that was complex, often ambiguous, and by no means uniformly critical.

9780230378278 0230378277

10.1057/9780230378278 doi


1800-1999


Literature.
Christianity.
Literature, Modern--19th century.
Literature, Modern--20th century.
Fiction.
British literature.
Literature
Christianity
Literature, Modern
Littérature.
Christianisme.
Littérature--19e siècle.
Littérature--20e siècle.
Roman.
Littérature britannique.
Christianity.
British literature.
Christianity.
Fiction.
Literature.
Literature, Modern.

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