Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Criticism

Adelman, Gary. Jude the Obscure: A Paradise of Despair. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992, 137 p.

Summarizes the historical context and critical reception of Jude the Obscure, followed by an interpretive reading of the novel that highlights its prevailing mood of despair.

Alden, Patricia. "A Short Story Prelude to Jude the Obscure: More Light on the Genesis of Hardy's Last Novel." Colby Library Quarterly XIX , No. 1 (March 1983): 45-52.

Observes the "germ" of Jude the Obscure in Hardy's short story "A Tragedy of Two Ambitions."

Bloom, Harold, ed. Thomas Hardy's 'Jude the Obscure.' New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987, 152 p.

Collection of nine critical essays on Jude the Obscure.

Dellamora, Richard. "Male Relations in Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure." Papers on Language & Literature: A Journal for Scholars and Critics of Language...

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