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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description | 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 experiences it directly, as Hardy shatters the traditional notions of perspective and point of view in a cinematic and highly innovative way. |
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spelling | doaj-art-208aef70be8942a7bfec8333a6439b4f2025-01-30T10:21:17ZengPresses Universitaires de la MéditerranéeCahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens0220-56102271-61492007-03-016510.4000/cve.10648Violence et vision : The Dynasts de Thomas HardyLaurence EstanoveThe 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 experiences it directly, as Hardy shatters the traditional notions of perspective and point of view in a cinematic and highly innovative way.https://journals.openedition.org/cve/10648 |
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title | Violence et vision : The Dynasts de Thomas Hardy |
title_full | Violence et vision : The Dynasts de Thomas Hardy |
title_fullStr | Violence et vision : The Dynasts de Thomas Hardy |
title_full_unstemmed | Violence et vision : The Dynasts de Thomas Hardy |
title_short | Violence et vision : The Dynasts de Thomas Hardy |
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url | https://journals.openedition.org/cve/10648 |
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