It’s Not a Matter of Message but of Messenger: Miltonic Principles in Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure

Authors

Karley Adney, Butler UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 2006

Abstract

Thomas Hardy once referred to his masterpiece Jude the Obscure as 'tragedy, told for its own sake as a presentation of particulars containing a good deal that was universal. Although the novel was roundly criticized upon its publication for dealing explicitly with issues like divorce and adultery, it was through these issues that the novel dealt with the universal, as Hardy would have put it.

Notes

Originally published in The Thomas Hardy Society Journal.

Recommended Citation

“It’s Not a Matter of Message but of Messenger: Miltonic Principles in Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure” The Thomas Hardy Society Journal 2.2 (Summer 2006): 35-43.