2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Grammar of Revisions : Hardy's De-eroticizing Narratives in His Earlier Novels
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14510512
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
英語・英米文学
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
UEHARA Sanae Nagoya University, The Graduate School of Languages and Cultures, Associate Professor, 国際言語文化研究科, 助教授 (00256025)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2004
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| Keywords | Thomas Hardy / revisions / censorship / self-censorship / text / sexuality |
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| Research Abstract |
It has been widely accepted by Hardy scholars that he was compelled to excise some sections which might offend the sensibilities of the genteel, middle-class audience of family magazines, but restored the excised sections in book form. What is mush less well known is that Hardy, revising Far from the Madding Crowd, worked in opposite manner. In this instance, he softened the unconventional aspects of Bathsheba Everdene in book form. This paper draws attention to Hardy's alterations to reshape her, which have so far not received full critical attention. In order to explore the complex dimensions of his grammar of revisions, other earlier novels are also discussed.
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