£142.68

Routledge Reading and Mapping Hardy's Roads - Literary Analysis Study

Price data last checked 78 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£143 today · previous high £143 · all-time low £141

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 13 days · 13 data points (no recent data)

Historical
Generating forecast…
£142.68 £140.92 £141.30 £141.69 £142.07 £142.46 £142.84 08 July 2026 11 July 2026 14 July 2026 17 July 2026 20 July 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 13 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price
Current Price
12 days 1 day · current 0 3 6 9 12 £141 £143 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £141 (12 days, 92.3%)

Price range: £141 - £143

Price levels: 2 different prices over 13 days

Description

This scholarly study examines Thomas Hardy's representations of the road and how the archaeological and historical record of roads informs his literary work. Through detailed analysis of road signs and travel routes in three major novels - The Return of the Native, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure - the book argues that Hardy's roads function as a palimpsest critiquing Victorian constructions of social and sexual identities. By mapping the journeys of Hardy's protagonists and balancing modern exigencies with mythic possibilities, this work from Routledge offers scholars and students of literature fresh insights into how physical geography shapes character development and thematic meaning in Victorian fiction.

Key Features

Examines Thomas Hardy's representations of roads across The Return of the Native, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure.

Maps protagonist road travels to reveal how physical journeys reflect social and sexual identity construction in Victorian society.

Analyses the palimpsest quality of Hardy's roads as sites of competing archaeological, historical, and fictional meanings.

Published by Routledge as part of the Studies in Major Literary Authors series for academic audiences.

Bridges modern literary criticism with historical road records to uncover hidden layers of meaning in Hardy's major works.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
07 September 2006
Listed Since
29 January 2007

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Reading and Mapping Hardy's Roads (Studies in Major Literary Authors)
99% match

Reading and Mapping Hardy's Roads (Studies in Major Literary Authors)

Routledge

£58.50 17 Sep 2026
Thomas Hardy (Routledge Guides to Literature)
95% match

Thomas Hardy (Routledge Guides to Literature)

Routledge

£150.03 26 Jul 2026
Thomas Hardy: A Textual Study of the Short Stories
95% match

Thomas Hardy: A Textual Study of the Short Stories

Routledge

£147.25 18 Jul 2026
Student Companion to Thomas Hardy (Student Companions to Classic Writers)
95% match

Student Companion to Thomas Hardy (Student Companions to Classic Writers)

Bloomsbury

£57.10 10 Sep 2026
The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy
95% match

The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy

Routledge

£49.99 08 Sep 2026
Five Novels by Thomas Hardy - Far from the Madding Crowd, the Return of the Native, the Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Jude the Obs
95% match

Five Novels by Thomas Hardy - Far from the Madding Crowd, the Return of the Native, the Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Jude the Obs

Benediction Classics

£46.99 24 Sep 2026
Thomas Hardy: Family History
95% match

Thomas Hardy: Family History

Routledge

£1,325.00 19 Aug 2026
Thomas Hardy: His Career as a Novelist
95% match

Thomas Hardy: His Career as a Novelist

MACMILLAN

£113.31 15 Aug 2026
The Hidden Hardy - Thomas Hardy Literary Analysis
95% match

The Hidden Hardy - Thomas Hardy Literary Analysis

MACMILLAN

£109.00 24 Jul 2026
Celebrating Thomas Hardy: Insights and Appreciations
95% match

Celebrating Thomas Hardy: Insights and Appreciations

MACMILLAN

£74.61 24 Jul 2026
'Ecstatic Sound': Music and Individuality in the Work of Thomas Hardy (The Nineteenth Century Series)
95% match

'Ecstatic Sound': Music and Individuality in the Work of Thomas Hardy (The Nineteenth Century Series)

Routledge

£111.00 01 Oct 2026
Penguin Clothbound Classics - Thomas Hardy 4-Book Boxed Set
95% match

Penguin Clothbound Classics - Thomas Hardy 4-Book Boxed Set

Penguin

£38.56 25 Jul 2026
Thomas Hardy: Towards a Materialist Criticism
95% match

Thomas Hardy: Towards a Materialist Criticism

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

£52.95 11 Sep 2026
Hardy of Wessex: Thomas Hardy Life and Literary Career
95% match

Hardy of Wessex: Thomas Hardy Life and Literary Career

Routledge

£142.25 28 Jul 2026
Thomas Hardy: Selected Writings (21st-Century Oxford Authors)
94% match

Thomas Hardy: Selected Writings (21st-Century Oxford Authors)

Oxford University Press

£100.00 20 Aug 2026
Thomas Hardy: His Life and Friends
94% match

Thomas Hardy: His Life and Friends

MACMILLAN

£115.67 27 Jul 2026
Routledge - Women and Sexuality in the Novels of Thomas Hardy
94% match

Routledge - Women and Sexuality in the Novels of Thomas Hardy

Routledge

£136.81 23 Jul 2026
The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy
94% match

The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy

MACMILLAN

£44.78 04 Sep 2026
The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy
94% match

The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy

MACMILLAN

£40.46 20 Aug 2026
Mapping the Wessex Novel: Landscape, History and the Parochial in British Literature, 1870-1940 (Continuum Literary Studies)
94% match

Mapping the Wessex Novel: Landscape, History and the Parochial in British Literature, 1870-1940 (Continuum Literary Studies)

Bloomsbury

£107.82 12 Sep 2026
Hardy, Conrad and the Senses
94% match

Hardy, Conrad and the Senses

Edinburgh University Press

£80.00 23 Sep 2026
Thomas Hardy and Empire - Imperial Themes Analysis
94% match

Thomas Hardy and Empire - Imperial Themes Analysis

Routledge

£151.26 25 Aug 2026
Thomas Hardy Writing Dress
94% match

Thomas Hardy Writing Dress

Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften

£66.50 12 Aug 2026
Thomas Hardy in Context - Literary Criticism & Analysis
94% match

Thomas Hardy in Context - Literary Criticism & Analysis

Cambridge University Press

£97.00 18 Jul 2026