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Thomas Hardyfolklore and resistance /

Dillion, Jacqueline.

Thomas Hardyfolklore and resistance /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Thomas Hardyby Jacqueline Dillion.
Reminder of title:	folklore and resistance /
Author:	Dillion, Jacqueline.
Published:	London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :2016.
Description:	vii, 206 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	FolkloreEngland
Subject:	Dorset (England)History.
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50320-6
ISBN:	9781137503206$q(electronic bk.)

Thomas Hardyfolklore and resistance /
Dillion, Jacqueline.

Thomas Hardyfolklore and resistance /[electronic resource] :by Jacqueline Dillion. - London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :2016. - vii, 206 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Belief: Overlooking, Sympathetic Magic, Hag-riding, and South's Tree -- 3. Acts of Disapproval: Skimmington Riding -- 4. Acts of Approval: The Portland Custom -- 5. Winter Customs: Bonfire Night and Mumming -- 6. Summer Customs: May Day and Midsummer Divination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Illustrations -- Index.

This book reassesses Hardy's fiction in the light of his prolonged engagement with the folklore and traditions of rural England. Drawing on wide research, it demonstrates the pivotal role played in the novels by such customs and beliefs as 'overlooking', hag-riding, skimmington-riding, sympathetic magic, mumming, bonfire nights, May Day celebrations, Midsummer divination, and the 'Portland Custom.' This study shows how such traditions were lived out in practice in village life, and how they were represented in written texts - in literature, newspapers, county histories, folklore books, the work of the Folklore Society, archival documents, and letters. It explores tensions between Hardy's repeated insistence on the authenticity of his accounts and his engagement with contemporary anthropologists and folklorists, and reveals how his efforts to resist their 'excellently neat' categories of culture open up wider questions about the nature of belief, progress, and social change.

ISBN: 9781137503206$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-137-50320-6doiSubjects--Personal Names:

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Hardy, Thomas,
1840-1928--KnowledgeSubjects--Topical Terms:

760202
Folklore
--EnglandSubjects--Geographical Terms:

440967
Dorset (England)
--History.

LC Class. No.: PR4757.F64 / D55 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 823.8

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