Have read Tess and need a few novels to compare or contrast with for one of my English Literature assignments.
Either a similar or v.different text by Thomas Hardy himself.
Or a similar themed text by a contemporary of Hardy.
Ideally I should be looking at around 4 main texts that all interlink through themes etc.
I would be grateful for any ideas/ suggestions relating to other novels and Tess itself.
Just looking for a starting point.
Thank You.
2007-07-06 02:43:13 · 8 answers · asked by confused 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Lady Chatterly's Lover. It will make a great compare/contrast because it discusses, as opposed to rape, an illicit affair. Both are "taboo" sex, but from entirely different perspectives, as Lady Chatterly is the seducer, not the victim, initially.
2007-07-06 03:25:09 · answer #1 · answered by conductorbrat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd give 5 years of my life to be able to write like Hardy. The opening page of The Woodlanders does it for me. I love that book. But then I also love all his work (apart from Under The Greenwood Tree). Desperate Remedies is excellent. Try these, or go for E M Forster, Virginia Woolf, etc.
2007-07-06 13:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go with the Scarlett Letter. Show the whole concept of seduction and bastardy in the two novels, the similarities and differences. Then you might look at a more modern book, such as "Mom, the Wolfman & Me" for what these concepts have become in our time.
2007-07-06 03:15:08 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What about Far From the Madding Crowd? or Jude the Obscure. Or any of Hardy's books cus they're all so good and easy to read.
2007-07-09 21:16:18 · answer #4 · answered by SG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mayor of Casterbridge
The mill on the Floss
Bleak House
2007-07-06 02:52:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compare Mill on the Floss or W Heights.
2007-07-06 02:49:32 · answer #6 · answered by Bobby L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 00:31:38 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the scarlet letter, i am studying English literature too!
2007-07-06 03:18:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋