[Hardy-l] The grotesque in Hardy

[Jackie Wilkinson]

     I know it is long time- no hear, but I have been lurking in the
background during the poetry discussions. At he moment in my thesis I am
planning a chapter on the grotesque in Hardy's novels and I wondered if the
group's expert knowledge might help me with this. I have already explored
the history of the grotesque mode in architecture, art and literature in my
previous studies and thus am familiar with Kayser, Thompson, Clayborough,
Danow, Trodd, Barlow and Amigoni, Stallybrass and White, Barasch, Bown,
Armstrong, and Bakhtin. I have also explored Carlyle, Ruskin, the Darwinian
grotesque (Gillian Beer), the gothic grotesque etc., so I feel my general
background knowledge is reasonably extensive. What I am seeking are books or
articles which relate more specifically to Hardy and the grotesque, I have
already consulted JSTOR, Wotton, Fisher, Radford, Ebbatson and various
others. I am now in the latter stages of planning the chapter and wondered
if there might be anything I have missed which may cry out to members but
which have evaded me.
     Glad to hear you have settled into to your new home well, Betty and
best wishes to everyone, and excuse my neglecting you but as you can see
I've been busy!!!!
     Jacky Wilkinson
     PhD research, Lancaster