The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, Phillip Mallett - 9780393927870

Name: The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, Phillip Mallett - 9780393927870
Brand: WW Norton & Co

WW Norton & Co

The Return of the NativeA Norton Critical Edition\nAuthor(s): Thomas Hardy, Phillip Mallett\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: WW Norton & Co, United States\nImprint: WW Norton & Co\nISBN-13: 9780393927870, 978-0393927870\nSynopsis\nIt is accompanied by more than 500 editorial footnotes, many new to this edition, that provide essential historical background and glossing of dialect words. Also new to the Second Edition are the twelve illustrations from the novels first serial publication and Hardys \""Sketch Map of the Scene of the Story,\"" which accompanied the 1878 edition. Again included is the \""Map of Wessex of the Novels and Poems\"" from the 1912 Macmillan Wessex Edition of The Mayor of Casterbridge.\n\nBackgrounds and Contexts provides a useful \""Glossary of Dialect Words\"" as well as four essays on the textual and publication history of the novelincluding pieces by Simon Gatrell and Andrew Nashall of which are newly included. Also included are six of Hardys nonfiction writi.