Andrew ShieldsFeb 6, 2024
References to Robinson Crusoe in Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and Jane Austen. #111Words #Fiction #RobinsonCrusoe #CharlesDickens #JaneAusten #ThomasHardy #DesperateRemedies #Concordances https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/02/references-to-robinson-crusoe-in.html
References to Robinson Crusoe in Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and Jane Austen

While reading Charles Dickens's novels, I was struck by what seemed to me to be the relatively frequent references to Robinson Crusoe (seven...

Andrew ShieldsFeb 3, 2024
Walt Whitman in Thomas Hardy’s “Desperate Remedies” (1871). #111Words #WaltWhitman #ThomasHardy #DesperateRemedies #SoLong #Poetry #Fiction #LeavesOfGrass https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/02/walt-whitman-in-thomas-hardys-desperate.html
Walt Whitman in Thomas Hardy’s “Desperate Remedies” (1871)

"Edward Springrove the elder", the father of the Edward Springrove who eventually marries Cytherea Graye in Thomas Hardy's "Desperate Remedi...

Andrew ShieldsFeb 1, 2024
A “moral Gaza” in Thomas Hardy’s “Desperate Remedies” (1871). #111Words #ThomasHardy #DesperateRemedies #MoralGaza https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-moral-gaza-in-thomas-hardys-desperate.html
A “moral Gaza” in Thomas Hardy’s “Desperate Remedies” (1871)

Reading Thomas Hardy's "Desperate Remedies" (1871) last December, I came across a phrase with a different resonance than it would have had e...

Andrew ShieldsJan 1, 2024
Reading Thomas Hardy’s “Desperate Remedies” (1871) after reading Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” (1851). #111Words #ThomasHardy #DesperateRemedies #HermanMelville #MobyDick #Fiction #Novels #Literature https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/01/reading-thomas-hardys-desperate.html
Reading Thomas Hardy’s “Desperate Remedies” (1871) after reading Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” (1851)

After I finished Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" (1851) on 7 December 2023, I turned to Thomas Hardy's novels for my next long-term reading pr...