Thomas Hardy and Victorian Communication: Letters, Telegrams, and Postal Systems
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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.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Number of pages | 236 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 978-3-319-29102-4 |
| ISBN (print) | 9783319291017 |
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| Publication status | Published - 6 Jun 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |