Till Death Did Him Part: Thomas Hardy and his Funerals

This essay considers Hardy’s two funerals—for his ashes at Poets’ Corner, for his heart at Stinsford—in the light of their consequences for life-writing: the absence of a single resting-place, and the narrative demands of synchronicity in telling of two funerals. This division of the body was the co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Charles Lock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2020-07-01
Series:European Journal of Life Writing
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Online Access:https://ejlw.eu/article/view/36903