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前言
声明
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One Hardy and Nature
1. A Brief Introduction to Hardy and His Fiction
2. The Meaning of the Word Nature
3. The Story of The Return of the Native
Chapter Two The Characteristics of Nature in Hardy's Novels
1. The characteristics of Hardy's landscape description
2. Human Nature in Hardy's Novels
3. Nature Is Not Perfect
Chapter Three The Return of the Native -A Tragedy of Nature
1. Egdon Heath
2. Landscape and Man
3. Nature and Plot
4. The Conflict Between Human Nature and Man's Moral Code
5. Landscape and Society
Chapter Four Hardy's View of Nature
1. Hardy's View of Nature and Darwinist Influence
2. Hardy Is a Meliorist
Chapter Five Hardy's Influence on D.H.Lawrence and Other Later Writers in The Treatment of Nature
Conclusion
References
Appendix
Abbreviation