Books by T. Wright

This study examines Hardy's prolonged struggle with his contemporary readers, whose bourgeois values he despised. Wright attempts to balance historical research into the response of 'actual' readers and the material conditions of publishing with literary-critical analysis of the 'implied' reader inscribed in the novels themselves.

This new study deals with the whole range of Gaskell's fiction, approaching her as a deeply poetic novelist and short-story writer. While seeing her as a product of her age, Wright transcends narrow categorisations of her work to read her 'whole' as a subtle exponent of the values of a humane realism.

Part 3 provides a template for research activity and suggestions for projects and methodologies, and Part 4 collects resources for readers keen to follow up the themes developed in the book.