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Thomas Hardy, metaphysics and music /

1403941386

9781403941381

b712415

Thomas Hardy, metaphysics and music /

[Book]

Mark Asquith.

New York :

Palgrave Macmillan,

2005.

ix, 234 pages ;

23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-225) and index.

The road to Norcombe Hill : Hardy's musical evolution -- 'Silent workings of the invisible hand' : Hardy's metaphysical evolution -- The spider's web : metaphysics into music drama -- The plucked harp string : desire, courtship ritual and the debate concerning speech theory -- A tale of 'tragical possibilities' : music and the birth of consciousness in The return of the native -- 'A tragedy appropriate for its time' : music and the story of a 'man of character' -- 'All creation groaning' : a deaf ear to music in Jude the obscure.

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"Through scholarly analysis of Hardy's notebooks, letters and contemporary periodicals, this book explores Hardy's engagement with the Victorian intellectual world, particularly the debates concerning evolution, free will and determinism, mesmerism and musical aesthetics. The 1870s witnessed an enormous interest in musical theory: it was during this period that the ideas of Arthur Schopenhaur and Richard Wagner were popularised in this country, whilst domestic luminaries such as Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer focussed on the status, origins, and function of music. This book contextualises Hardy's novels within such debates, offering new insights into his employment of musical motifs to reflect shifting attitudes to human consciousness and the depiction and transmission of emotions."--Jacket.

Hardy, Thomas,1840-1928-- Aesthetics.

Hardy, Thomas,1840-1928-- Fictional works.

Hardy, Thomas,1840-1928-- Knowledge-- Music.

Hardy, Thomas,1840-1928-- Philosophy.

Hardy, Thomas,1840-1928.

Hardy, Thomas.

Aesthetics, British-- 19th century.

Metaphysics in literature.

Music and literature-- History-- 19th century.

Music-- England-- 19th century-- History and criticism.

Music in literature.

Aesthetics, British.

Aesthetics.

Ästhetik

Criticism and interpretation.

Literatur

Metaphysics in literature.

Metaphysik

Music and literature.

Music in literature.

Music.

Musik

Musik

Philosophie

Philosophy.

England.

Englisch.

Großbritannien.

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