Abstract
We must not abandon self-fashioning even if selfhood is conceived of as a theatrical fiction — for to give up is to die.1
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes
For a fuller discussion of the chess metaphor in relation to sexual strategy see my article ‘Checkmate! Women and the Marriage Game in Thomas Hardy’s A Pair of Blue Eyes’ (Thomas, 1992). See also Rimmer, 1993.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 1999 Jane Thomas
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Thomas, J. (1999). Desperate Remedies (1871): The ‘Martyrdom of Self-Conceit’. In: Thomas Hardy, Femininity and Dissent. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230379671_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230379671_4
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-39072-4
Online ISBN: 978-0-230-37967-1
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts CollectionLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)