Violence et vision : The Dynasts de Thomas Hardy

The Dynasts, Thomas Hardy’s « epic-drama of the war with Napoleon, » is remarkable in its use of poetic and literary stage directions. Its modernity lies in this hybrid form, but also in its amazing power of visual representation. The « mental spectator » both witnesses the violence of the war and e...

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Main Author: Laurence Estanove
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2007-03-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/10648
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