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- catalog abstract ""Andrew Radford here situates Hardy's fiction and poetry in a context of the new sciences of humankind that evolved during the Victorian age to accommodate an immense range of literal and figurative 'excavations' then taking place. Combining literary close readings with broad historical analyses, he explores Hardy's artistic response to geological, archaeological and anthropological findings. In particular, he analyses Hardy's lifelong fascination with the doctrine of 'survivals', a term coined by E.B. Tylor in Primitive Culture (1871) to denote customs, beliefs and practices persisting in isolation from their original cultural context. Radford reveals how Hardy's subtle reworking of Tylor's doctrine offers a valuable insight into the inter-penetration of science and literature during this period." "An important aspect of Radford's research focuses on lesser known periodical literature that grew out of a British amateur antiquarian tradition of the nineteenth century. His readings of Hardy's literary notebooks disclose the degree to which Hardy's own considerable scientific knowledge was shaped by the middlebrow periodical press. Thus, Thomas Hardy and the Survivals of Time raises questions not only about the reception of scientific ideas but also the creation of nonspecialist forms of scientific discourse."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12945426.
- catalog coverage "Wessex (England) Antiquities.".
- catalog coverage "Wessex (England) In literature.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Andrew Radford here situates Hardy's fiction and poetry in a context of the new sciences of humankind that evolved during the Victorian age to accommodate an immense range of literal and figurative 'excavations' then taking place. Combining literary close readings with broad historical analyses, he explores Hardy's artistic response to geological, archaeological and anthropological findings. In particular, he analyses Hardy's lifelong fascination with the doctrine of 'survivals', a term coined by E.B. Tylor in Primitive Culture (1871) to denote customs, beliefs and practices persisting in isolation from their original cultural context. Radford reveals how Hardy's subtle reworking of Tylor's doctrine offers a valuable insight into the inter-penetration of science and literature during this period." "An important aspect of Radford's research focuses on lesser known periodical literature that grew out of a British amateur antiquarian tradition of the nineteenth century. His readings of Hardy's literary notebooks disclose the degree to which Hardy's own considerable scientific knowledge was shaped by the middlebrow periodical press. Thus, Thomas Hardy and the Survivals of Time raises questions not only about the reception of scientific ideas but also the creation of nonspecialist forms of scientific discourse."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-256) and index.".
- catalog description "Opening the Fan of Time -- Paganism Revived? -- Stories of Today -- The Unmanned Fertility Figure -- Killing the God -- A Bizarre Farewell to Fiction?".
- catalog extent "264 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Thomas Hardy and the survivals of time.".
- catalog identifier "075460778X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Thomas Hardy and the survivals of time.".
- catalog isPartOf "Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)".
- catalog isPartOf "The nineteenth century series".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,".
- catalog relation "Thomas Hardy and the survivals of time.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "Wessex (England) Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Wessex (England) In literature.".
- catalog subject "823/.8 21".
- catalog subject "Antiquities in literature.".
- catalog subject "Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 Fictional works.".
- catalog subject "Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 Knowledge Antiquities.".
- catalog subject "Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 Knowledge Archaeology.".
- catalog subject "Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 Knowledge History.".
- catalog subject "History in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature and anthropology England History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Literature and history England History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "PR4757.H5 R33 2003".
- catalog subject "Paganism in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Opening the Fan of Time -- Paganism Revived? -- Stories of Today -- The Unmanned Fertility Figure -- Killing the God -- A Bizarre Farewell to Fiction?".
- catalog title "Thomas Hardy and the survivals of time / Andrew Radford.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".