Some Discussions of Hardy's "The Return of the Native" (1878) (original) (raw)

Themes and Motifs

• The Implicit Theme in the Works of Thomas Hardy
• The Novels of Thomas Hardy: An Introduction
• Folklore in The Return of The Native — Discussion Questions
• Thomas Hardy's Philosophy of Chance and Change in The Return of The Native
• Hardy's Lyric Verse and the Themes of The Return of The Native: Discussion Questions

Characterization

• Eustacia and Clym as Tragic Heroes in The Return of The Native
• Defending Hardy's Classical Symbolism to Describe Eustacia in The Return of The Native
• Egdon Heath as Another Character in The Return of The Native

Imagery and Symbolism

• "Tartarean Imagery of Hardy's The Return of The Native"
• Comparing Imagery in Conrad and Hardy
• Conclusion to Comparing Imagery in Conrad and Hardy
• Bibliography for "Tartarus and Promethean Symbolism in Conrad and Hardy"

Sensation and Serialisation

• The Serial Structure of Hardy's The Return of The Native
• "Something 'dangerous' for a family magazine" in The Return of The Native
• The Return of The Native as Sensation Fiction
• Thomas Hardy and Magazine Fiction, 1870-1900

Hardy and His Illustrators: Arthur Hopkins

• Illustrations by Arthur Hopkins for the Monthly Serialization of Thomas Hardy's A The Return of the Native
• Arthur Hopkins, 1848-1930
• Belgravia: A London Magazine
• Christian and Damon Dicing

Setting: Geographical and Chronological

• Physical Setting in Hardy's Novels: An Introduction
• Chronological Setting in Hardy's Novels: An Introduction
• Sketch Map of the Scene of the Story (1878 frontispiece)
• The "Egdon Heath" of the Story (1896 frontispiece)
• Map of Thomas Hardy's Wessex (1895)
• Egdon Heath
• Bloom's End
• Alderworth Cottage
• Shadwater Weir

Discussion Questions and Essay Topics

• Discussion Questions for Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native
• Hardy's Critics and The Return of the Native: How It Struck His Contemporaries — Discussion Questions
• Suggested Essay Topics

Related Resources

• The Thomas Hardy Association (This site has moved from Germany to Scotland)
• James A. W. Heffernan's "'Cruel Persuasion'" Seduction, Temptation, and Agency in Hardy's Tess
• Eugene Birchall's website dedicated to photographing Thomas Hardy's 'Wessex'"
• Discussions of individual poems on Bill Morgan's Illinois State University site. (Beginning in February 1998, members of the Thomas Hardy Association have discussed one poem per month.)
• Mitsuharu Matsuoka's Hyper-Concordance allows word searches the complete texts of eighteen of Hardy's works
• Text of the novel at Project Gutenberg

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