Jude the Obscure: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

This Third Norton Critical Edition of Hardys final novel has been revised to reflect the breadth of responses it has received over the last fifteen years. The text of the novel is again based on Hardys final revision for the 1912 Wessex Edition. The Norton Critical Edition also includes: Expanded footnotes by Ralph Pite, further drawing out Hardys web of allusions and comprehensively indicating the material culture in which he embeds this narrative. A selection of Hardys poemsfour of them new to the Third Editionthat emphasizes the biographical contexts from which parts of Jude the Obscure arose. Eighteen critical responses, including eleven modern essayseight of them new to the Third Edition. Simon Gatrell, Michael Hollington, Elaine Showalter, Victor Luftig, and Mary Jacobus are among the new voices. A Chronology and revised and expanded Selected Bibliography.