Thomas Hardy, Monism, and the Carnival Tradition
Wickens, Gordon Glen![Thomas Hardy, Monism, and the Carnival Tradition](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/196/19610556/CHSBZCOP0319610556.jpg)
Using insights derived from the critical theory of Mikhail Bakhtin, Wickens counters the usual view of The Dynasts as failed epic or tragedy, and instead situates the work as a novel within the serio-comical genres.