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1、CollegeofWilliamandMaryW&MScholarWorksUndergraduateHonorsThesesTheses,Dissertations,&MasterProjects4-2017LoveonaBlightedStar:NatureandFemaleSexualityintheNovelsofThomasHardyEmilyM.ArmstrongCollegeofWilliamandMaryFollowthisandadditionalworksat:https://scholar
2、works.wm.edu/honorsthesesPartoftheLiteratureinEnglish,BritishIslesCommonsRecommendedCitationArmstrong,EmilyM.,"LoveonaBlightedStar:NatureandFemaleSexualityintheNovelsofThomasHardy"(2017).UndergraduateHonorsTheses.Paper1102.https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorst
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4、ish@wm.edu.LoveonaBlightedStar:NatureandFemaleSexualityintheNovelsofThomasHardyAthesissubmittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementforthedegreeofBachelorofArtsinEnglishfromTheCollegeofWilliamandMarybyEmilyMargaretArmstrongWilliamsburg,VAMay5,2017Armstrong2In
5、troductionTheoutskirtofthegardeninwhichTessfoundherselfhadbeenleftuncultivatedforsomeyears,andwasnowdampandrankwithjuicygrasswhichsentupmistsofpollenatthetouch…Shewentstealthilyasacatthroughthisprofusionofgrowth,gatheringcuckoo-spittleonherskirts,crackingsna
6、ilsthatwereunderfoot,stainingherhandswiththistle-milkandslug-slime,andrubbingoffuponhernakedarmsthestickyblights,which,thoughsnowwhiteontheappletrunks,madeblood-redstainsonherskin…Tesswasconsciousofneithertimenorspace.Theexaltationwhichshehaddescribedasbeing
7、producibleatwillbygazingatastar,camenowwithoutanydeterminationofhers;sheundulateduponthethinnotesasuponbillows,andtheirharmoniespassedlikebreezesthroughher,bringingtearsintohereyes.–TessoftheD’Urbervilles,122-3IntheworksofThomasHardy,naturallandscapesdefinet
8、hefictionalregionofWessex,pervadingeachnarrative.Astheplotsofthenovelsevolvetotakeonincreasinglytragictones,sodoestheroleofthenaturalworldassumegreatersignificance,withparticularrelationtofemale