Hardy's rhetoric and reader response in Far from the madding crowd and Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

This is a study of how insights into the process of reading can enhance our understanding of two novels by Thomas Hardy--Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the d'Urbervilles. The process of reading may be seen as a communications transaction which involves the reader, the text, and the auth...

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Main Author:	Egle, Esther Beatrice Mendez
Other Authors:	Bowers, David R. (degree committee member.)
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	1981.
Subjects:	Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928. > Far from the madding crowd. Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928. > Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Reader-response criticism. Reading, Psychology of. Rhetorical criticism. Major English. Academic theses.
Online Access:	Link to ProQuest Copy Link to OAKTrust copy