Tess of the D'Urbervilles

ThisThirdEditionofTessofthed'Urbert,illesintro-ducesanewtext--thatoftheClarendonedition(1983),editedbyJulietGrindleandSimonGatrell.Thetextisfullyannotatedandincludes,foreaseofrefer-ence,aseparatetableofcontentsforthenovel.AlsonewtotheThirdEditionarereproductionsofHardy'smapofWessexandthemanu*titlepagefortheFirstEdition."HardyandtheNovel"includessevenpoemsbyHardythatprovidegreaterinsightintohisethos,passagesfromMichaelMillgate'sbiogra-phyofHardythatdepicttherelationshipbetweenpartsofTessofthed'Urbervillesandtheauthor'sownlife,andexcerptsfromGrindleandGatrelt'sintroductiontothe1983editionthatdiscussHardy'srevisionprocessinbothmanu*sandearlyprintededitionsofthenovel."Criticism"featuresthreenewcontemporaryreviewsincludingthefirstfeministreviewofTessoftheD'Urbervilles.AlsonewtotheThirdEditionis"AChatwithMr.Hardy,"ahithertoun-reprintedpost-publicationinterviewwiththeauthorabouthisnewnovel.Fivenewcriticalinterpretationshavebeencarefullyselected,includingessaysbyElliotB.GoseJr.,PeterR.Morton,andGillianBeerthataddressHardy'sthoughtandimagination.RaymondWilliams'sessaypresentsaMarxistperspective,andAdrianPoolediscussesthesignificanceofHardy'swisewordsconcerning"thetroublemen'swordshavewithwomenandthetroublewomenhavewithmen'swords."AChronologyand,newtothisedition,aSelectedBibliographyarealsoincluded.作者简介：SCOTTELLEDGEwasGoldwinSmithProfessorofEnglishEmeritusatComellUniversity.HeistheeditorofMilton's"Lycidas":AnApproachtoCriticism;Eighteenth-CenturyCriticalEssays;theNortonCriticalEditionofParadiseLost;andWiderThantheSky:PoemstoGrowUpWith.HeistheauthorofE.B.White:ABiography.