Social Transformations in Hardys Tragic Novels : Megamachines and Phantasms

Drawing on the theoretical work of Deleuze and Guattari and that of Jean Laplanche - particularly his major and as yet still relatively unfamiliar notion of the phantasme - Social Formation in Hardys Major Novels is an original and groundbreaking rereading of Hardys four major tragic novels. The readings are sophisticated and yet accessible. The theoretical work is complemented by the use of new and hitherto unregarded major empirical findings that reveal the very heart of Hardys creative universe.