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Thomas Hardy and the Law: Legal Presences in Hardy's Life and Fiction.(Knowledge and Survival in the Novels of Thomas Hardy)(Book Review)

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From: The Modern Language Review
Date: 20041001
Author:Armstrong, Tim

Thomas Hardy and the Law: Legal Presences in Hardy's Life and Fiction. By WILLIAM A. DAVIS. Cranbury, NJ: University of Delaware Press; London: Associated University Presses. 2002. 199 pp. 32 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-87413-798-5.

Knowledge and Survival in the Novels of Thomas Hardy. By JANE MATTISSON. (Lund Studies in English) Lund: Lund University. 2002. 423 pp. SEK 310. ISBN 91974-0230-3.

William A. Davis's careful study of Hardy and the law is the most comprehensive that has appeared on its subject, and is unlikely to be quickly supplanted. With its detailed account ...

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