The damned and the divine - religious allegory in Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Medium
Periodical Article
Medium
- part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Apr2017 (Volume) 76
Classif
820 EMA
Subject
English literature and language
Page
13 - 15
Authors
Huang, Elizabeth
Contents
A secular parable about the disappearance of a rural world, setting against each other the Christian narrative of the fall of man and two competing pagan world views. This, argues the author, is Hardy's major project in his novel about the loss of innocence and grace.