Legend and tradition in the novels of Thomas Hardy.

Legend and tradition in the novels of Thomas Hardy.

Thomas Hardy's Wessex novels contain a remarkable amount of Dorsetshire legend and tradition. This material includes countrymen's proverbs, folk-magic, seasonal festivals, and rites descended from primitive religions. Some of the legends are connected with Angle-Saxon and Roman relics -- b...

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Main Author: Eakins, Rosemary. L.
Other Authors: Lucas, A. (Supervisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 1960
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English.
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description Thomas Hardy's Wessex novels contain a remarkable amount of Dorsetshire legend and tradition. This material includes countrymen's proverbs, folk-magic, seasonal festivals, and rites descended from primitive religions. Some of the legends are connected with Angle-Saxon and Roman relics -- barrows, roads, burial grounds, fortifications ethers with old country families. Witchcraft and many sorts of superstition become important themes in several of the novels.
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