VOL. 60, BOOK 1, PART B, 2022, pp. 261 – 274 Full text (En)
Author: Dimitar Karamitev
Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Abstract
This paper reviews Thomas Hardy’s novel A Laodicean as a prominent example of the novelist’s interest in the conflict between past and present. Hardy tackles this matter in most of his works but the novel under scrutiny displays a convincing picture of characters oscillating between the two with the sense that what lies ahead may be worse than what once was. The research employs pertinent theory to clarify the particularities of the spirit of the age in which the work was composed and to explore how it had an effect on Hardy.
Key words: Thomas Hardy, A Laodicean, past, present, future, tradition, novelty
