Hardy's poetic vision in "The Dynasts" : the diorama of a dream /

Susan Dean uses Hardy's own metaphor-the diorama of a dream-to interpret The Dynasts, his largest and last major composition. She shows that the poem presents a model of the human mind. In that mind is enacted an event (the war with Napoleon) and, simultaneously, the watching of that event. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dean, Susan, 1937- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1977.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=946694
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / Dean, Susan
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. THE DIORAMIC VISION
  • CHAPTER ONE. THE ANATOMIZING LIGHT
  • CHAPTER TWO. HUMAN OUTSHAPINGS OF THE WILL
  • CHAPTER THREE. INTERWEAVINGS OF THE WEB
  • CHAPTER FOUR. THE PERIPHERY OF VISION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter