Introduction: The Hollow Amid the Text

Instability, disruption, uncertainty: such are some keywords common to all the essays in this collection dedicated to Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy’s third novel and first popular success, published in 1874. In this special issue, each author views Hardy’s novel from a different angle, focusing on literary genres; space and movement; the function of objects; on specific scenes or motifs from the novel; on the diegesis and fictional representation; and on the novel’s adaptations. Ye..