Jude the Obscure

The text of the novel is again based on Hardys final revision for the 1912 Wessex Edition. The Norton Critical Edition includes: expanded footnotes, 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 this editionthat emphasises the biographical contexts from which parts of Jude the Obscure arose; nineteen critical responses, including twelve 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. Included are a chronology, and revised and expanded selected bibliography.