Themes and Motifs
- The Implicit Theme in the Works of Thomas Hardy
- The Novels of Thomas Hardy: An Introduction
- Folklore in The Return of The Native — Discussion Questions
- Thomas Hardy's Philosophy of Chance and Change in The Return of The Native
- Hardy's Lyric Verse and the Themes of The Return of The Native: Discussion Questions
Characterization
- Eustacia and Clym as Tragic Heroes in The Return of The Native
- Defending Hardy's Classical Symbolism to Describe Eustacia in The Return of The Native
- Egdon Heath as Another Character in The Return of The Native
Imagery and Symbolism
- "Tartarean Imagery of Hardy's The Return of The Native"
- Comparing Imagery in Conrad and Hardy
- Conclusion to Comparing Imagery in Conrad and Hardy
- Bibliography for "Tartarus and Promethean Symbolism in Conrad and Hardy"
Sensation and Serialisation
- The Serial Structure of Hardy's The Return of The Native
- "Something 'dangerous' for a family magazine" in The Return of The Native
- The Return of The Native as Sensation Fiction
- Thomas Hardy and Magazine Fiction, 1870-1900
Hardy and His Illustrators: Arthur Hopkins
- Illustrations by Arthur Hopkins for the Monthly Serialization of Thomas Hardy's A The Return of the Native
- Arthur Hopkins, 1848-1930
- Belgravia: A London Magazine
- Christian and Damon Dicing
Setting: Geographical and Chronological
- Physical Setting in Hardy's Novels: An Introduction
- Chronological Setting in Hardy's Novels: An Introduction
- Sketch Map of the Scene of the Story (1878 frontispiece)
- The "Egdon Heath" of the Story (1896 frontispiece)
- Map of Thomas Hardy's Wessex (1895)
- Egdon Heath
- Bloom's End
- Alderworth Cottage
- Shadwater Weir
Discussion Questions and Essay Topics
- Discussion Questions for Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native
- Hardy's Critics and The Return of the Native: How It Struck His Contemporaries — Discussion Questions
- Suggested Essay Topics
Related Resources
- The Thomas Hardy Association (This site has moved from Germany to Scotland)
- James A. W. Heffernan's "'Cruel Persuasion'" Seduction, Temptation, and Agency in Hardy's Tess
- Eugene Birchall's website dedicated to photographing Thomas Hardy's 'Wessex'"
- Discussions of individual poems on Bill Morgan's Illinois State University site. (Beginning in February 1998, members of the Thomas Hardy Association have discussed one poem per month.)
- Mitsuharu Matsuoka's Hyper-Concordance allows word searches the complete texts of eighteen of Hardy's works
- Text of the novel at Project Gutenberg
Last modified 27 May 2023