Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism

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Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge / Jude the Obscure

by Simon Avery

Published 13 November 2008

This Reader's Guide analyses the critical history of two of Hardy's major tragic novels, from the time of their publication to the present. Simon Avery traces the changing critical fortunes of the texts and explores the diverse range of interpretations produced by different theoretical approaches.