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Thomas Hardy and Victorian Communication
Letters, Telegrams and Postal Systems
ISBN/EAN: 9783319804903
Umbreit-Nr.: 5459361
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xii, 246 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 30.05.2018
Auflage: 1/2016
- Zusatztext
- This book explores the relationship between Thomas Hardy's works and Victorian media and technologies of communication - especially the penny post and the telegraph. Through its close analysis of letters, telegrams, and hand-delivered notes in Hardy's novels, short stories, and poems, it ties together a wide range of subjects: technological and infrastructural developments; material culture; individual subjectivity and the construction of identity; the relationship between private experience and social conventions; and the new narrative possibilities suggested by modern modes of communication.
- Kurztext
- This book explores the relationship between Thomas Hardy's works and Victorian media and technologies of communication - especially the penny post and the telegraph. Through its close analysis of letters, telegrams, and hand-delivered notes in Hardy's novels, short stories, and poems, it ties together a wide range of subjects: technological and infrastructural developments; material culture; individual subjectivity and the construction of identity; the relationship between private experience and social conventions; and the new narrative possibilities suggested by modern modes of communication.