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Hardy described Desperate Remedies as a tale of 'mystery, and in it he draws blithely on the 'sensation novel' perfected by Wilkie Collins.
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Hardy's conscious borrowing of names from classical mythology suggests that he intended to enrich his sensation romance with subtexts which contribute to a better rendering of characters and their actions. For example, the name 'Cytherea' functions in the novel as a trope which recalls the goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite, also known as Cytherea Lady of Cythera.

Cytherea Graye, the central character in the novel, is depicted as a free spirited and independent girl whose corporeal beauty and sexuality bear great resemblance to the mythical Aphrodite. In Desperate Remedies Hardy evoked a known myth about Aphrodite and incorporated it into the intricate and sensational plot. Hardy, who was fascinated by the Dido and Aeneas relationship, plotted it freely into Desperate Remedies. This early novel also contains some interesting features which have been noticed by recent criticism.

The docile Cytherea is beautiful, flirtatious, and intensely aware of her sexuality" Harvey Unlike earlier Victorian authors, Hardy emphasises the physical aspect of femininity and female sexuality. To that end, in Desperate Remedies Hardy introduces a male voyeuristic gaze as a narrative point of view.

It will become his favourite technique in his later novels.

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Her hair rested gaily upon her shoulders in curls, and was of a shining corn-yellow in the high lights, deepening to a definite nut-brown as each curl wound round into the shade. She had eyes of a sapphire hue, though rather darker than the gem ordinarily appears: they possessed the affectionate and liquid sparkle of loyalty and good faith, as distinguishable from that harder brightness which seems to express faithfulness only to the object confronting them.

In Desperate Remedies Hardy also makes use of the Gothic tradition in his presentation of love and sexual desire.

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His Gothic intertextual devices include confused identities, implausible coincidences, a persecuted maiden and a villain, an old mansion instead of a Gothic castle , murder, suppressed and deviant sexuality. In the light of above, contrary to contemporary opinions, Desperate Remedies is not merely a sensation romance with heavily plotted series of accidents, improbabilities and coincidences, but also an attempt at writing a more ambitious genre.

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Springer, Marlene. Sylvia, Richard. Taylor, Richard H. The Neglected Hardy. Thomas, Jane. Martin's Press, Weber, Carl J. New York: Columbia University Press. Only read three Jude, Tess and Mayor of Casterbridge. The latter being my favourite. Great character Henchard.

Jude is bleak but definitely close to M of C. Tess I liked the least out of the three. All in my humble opinion.

He also wrote some pretty good poems. He thought of himself as a poet at the beginning of his writing career. I see I have a lot more Hardy to read. So I left out the two earlier novels in that category. Indeed, it is quite easy pointing out its various flaws in the work. Reblogged this on Gently Read Literature. Wonderful post.

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Tess is by far my favorite and the first one of his novels I read. I still have the small hard-back copy that I bought in an Ontario bookstore over 30 years ago. Far From the Madding Crowd is 1 for me. One of the happier-ish endings for a TH book. Sorry I never really have taken to Hardy as a writer. Maybe it is his prose style but I found Hardy difficult to get into and never enjoyed the books.

Reblogged this on slightlyshortsighted and commented: After my indulgent ramblings on Far From the Madding Crowd, I thought I would share some Thomas Hardy love from people who actually seem to know what they are talking about. Would happily re-read many of the others though, with The Return of the Native being my favourite. I would probably put Jude first and Tess second, though I love Tess and it is one of my favorite books of all time. Thanks so much for writing about Hardy, anything about him, because he is my most favorite Victorian writers.