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Hardys story dramatizes the human condition as a struggle between powerful men and against fate. (Fate usually wins!) In this tale, violent natural and social forces toss the characters about like rag dolls as the mayor is destroyed by his protege.
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Novelists, English, Hardy, Thomas,--1840-1928.--Mayor of Casterbridge.
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Novelists, English, Hardy, Thomas,--1840-1928.--Mayor of Casterbridge.
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
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by David C. Gild, Ph.D. Yale University
including Life and Background of the Author Introduction to the Novel Brief Summary of the Novel Chapter Summaries and Commentaries Literary Analysis Character Summations
INCORPORATED LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68501
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Editor Gary Carey, M.A. University of Colorado
Consulting Editor James L. Roberts, Ph.D. Department of English University of Nebraska
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Contents
Introduction
Early Education and Architectural Apprenticeship
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The Years as a Novelist (18671895)
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The Years as a Poet (18951928)
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The Mayor of Casterbridge and Hardy's Background
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A Brief Synopsis
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Summaries and Critical Commentaries
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Critical Essays
Structure
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Point of View and Style
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Theme
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Character Analyses
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Introduction
Thomas Hardy was born June 2, 1840, in the village of Upper Bockhampton, about three miles from the town of Dorchester in Southwestern England. The impressions of his early youththe people, the events, the surrounding countrysidebecame part of the subject matter of his "Wessex" novels and stories. The town of Casterbridge itself, for example, is modeled after Dorchester.
Hardy's father was a builder and stone mason and was by no means wealthy. His mother loved reading, and under her care young Thomas was given an ample introduction to the classics, folk songs, ballads, and local stories and legends. Music was also a common feature of the Hardy household. Thomas's father taught him to play the violin, for he himself was violinist in the church choir and often played at parties, weddings, and festivals. Music was a great love throughout Thomas Hardy's life and often figures in his writing. At least three important scenes in The Mayor of Casterbridge involve music.
Early Education and Architectural Apprenticeship
Hardy did not study at a university. His formal education consisted of a year in a village school at Lower Bockhampton and additional private schooling in Dorchester during which he learned French and German. When he was sixteen, his father apprenticed him to a Dorchester architect, John Hicks, where he was taught architectural drawing for the restoration of churches and old houses. Indeed, this association taught him much of local family histories and folklore. When the day's work was completed, Thomas usually undertook advanced Latin studies and the task of teaching himself Greek.
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In 1862 Hardy went to London as a draftsman and worked in the office of A. W. Blomfield, an architect. During this time he won a number of prizes for essays, and he began to steep himself in architectural and art studies, classic literature, contemporary poetry, and fiction. In 1867 he returned to Dorchester to a better position as a church-restorer with his former master, and began to write more steadily.
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