Tess of the D'ubervilles HELP!!! =< (1 Viewer)

[amycao01]

Hey peoples

Does anyone have any information on Tess of the D'urbervilles??? I need some serious help on how Tess relates to 19th century England...


i am desperate peoples

 

[requitted]

hey i'm doin that text too though i don't get what module we're doing this for. Have you tried looking in the book (footnotes and intro)? Other than that.. i dont noe either.

 

[BronwynKate]

Tess talks about how the culture was changing.

Also men and women are very typically in the roles you'd expect.

Hardy wrote this like a romantic novel; thus following typical 19th century plots and conventions.

Sorry I can't help you more. We have Hardy at home but no Tess.

Here is a very interesting link. Read under Historical Context.

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-131,pageNum-4.html

Wikipedia mentioned the themes of land and paganism - all good to explore. I'd look at the patterns of class system and inheritance.

You might also enjoy the Victorian Web. It's helped me many a time when I've had questions about various aspects of Victorian literature.

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/hardy/hardyov.html

especially Themes, Images and Characterisation. And also the various Social and Political Context links.

Leading Questions might help you formulate a topic relating to Hardy and Tess.