Trial by Ordeal

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Trial by Ordeal is written by Edward Neill and published by Camden House. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 157113140X (ISBN 10) and 9781571131409 (ISBN 13).

Trial by Ordeal takes a sharp look at central aspects of the critical reception of Thomas Hardy. It demonstrates how critical appropriations of Hardy's work often provide a simplifying, conventional, or conservative image of the writer, which a sophisticated view of his creative intentions by no means confirms. Edward Neill discusses the dangers inherent in interpreting Hardy's writings in terms of his life; the limitations of criticism that views his work as nostalgic reaction; approaches to the poetry; and the critical response to Jude the Obscure.