Thomas Hardy, Metaphysics and Music

by Mark Asquith

This fascinating new study by Mark Asquith offers an original approach to Hardy's art as a novelist and entirely new readings of certain musical scenes in Hardy's works. Asquith utilizes a rich seam of original archival research (both scientific and musicological), which will be of use to all Hardy scholars, and discusses a range of Hardy's major works in relation to musical metaphors - from early fiction The Poor Man and the Lady to later major works...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349520780
• ISBN13: 9781349520787
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"