Thomas Hardy and Victorian Communication
Letters, Telegrams and Postal Systems
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
| Author: | Karin Koehler | ISBN: | 9783319291024 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | Publication: | May 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Karin Koehler |
| ISBN: | 9783319291024 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication: | May 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book explores the relationship between Thomas Hardy’s works and Victorian media and technologies of communication – especially the penny post and the telegraph. Through its close analysis of letters, telegrams, and hand-delivered notes in Hardy’s novels, short stories, and poems, it ties together a wide range of subjects: technological and infrastructural developments; material culture; individual subjectivity and the construction of identity; the relationship between private experience and social conventions; and the new narrative possibilities suggested by modern modes of communication.
This book explores the relationship between Thomas Hardy’s works and Victorian media and technologies of communication – especially the penny post and the telegraph. Through its close analysis of letters, telegrams, and hand-delivered notes in Hardy’s novels, short stories, and poems, it ties together a wide range of subjects: technological and infrastructural developments; material culture; individual subjectivity and the construction of identity; the relationship between private experience and social conventions; and the new narrative possibilities suggested by modern modes of communication.
