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100 1 $aParis, Bernard J.
245 12 $aA general drama of pain :$bcharacter and fate in Hardy's major novels /$cBernard J. Paris.
246 30 $aCharacter and fate in Hardy's major novels
260 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. :$bTransaction Publishers,$cc2012.
300 $axvi, 137 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aThis motivational analysis of the protagonists in Thomas Hardy's three most widely read novels--Tess of the d'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Jude the Obscure--highlights an often-overlooked aspect of his art. Bernard J. Paris shows Hardy's genius in creating imagined human beings. He demonstrates that while Hardy tends to blame external conditions for his characters' painful fates, their downfalls are due to a very complex combination of cosmic, social, and psychological factors. Hardy's characters are usually discussed primarily in thematic terms. The characters are are so richly portrayed, Paris argues, that they can be better understood independent of Hardy's interpretations, in motivational terms and he utilizes the psychologist Karen Horney's theories to recover Hardy's intuitions. The characters are full of inner conflicts that make them difficult to fathom, but the approach Paris employs explains their contradictions and illuminates their troubled relationships--shedding light on these expertly crafted imagined human beings. This psychological approach to Hardy's characters enables us to understand his characters and gain insight into the implied authors of the works. In addition, the approach shows Hardy's authorial personality. We can see that Hardy treats some defensive strategies more sympathetically than others. Given his view of life as "a general drama of pain," resignation, like that of Hardy's character Elizabeth-Jane, is the strategy he prefers.
505 0 $aInitial attraction -- "A confusion of many standards": Conflicting value systems in Tess of the d'Urbervilles -- Tess the woman -- The mayor of Casterbridge -- Jude the Obscure: Jude -- Jude the Obscure: Jude and Sue -- Jude the Obscure: The catastrophe.
600 10 $aHardy, Thomas,$d1840-1928$xCharacters.
600 10 $aHardy, Thomas,$d1840-1928$xKnowledge$xPsychology.
600 10 $aHardy, Thomas,$d1840-1928.$tTess of the d'Urbervilles.
600 10 $aHardy, Thomas,$d1840-1928.$tMayor of Casterbridge.
600 10 $aHardy, Thomas,$d1840-1928.$tJude the obscure.
650 0 $aPain in literature.
650 0 $aCharacters and characteristics in literature.
650 0 $aMotivation (Psychology) in literature.
650 0 $aFate and fatalism in literature.
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