The inward and outward eye: shame and guilt in the work of Thomas Hardy [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Sarah McEwan

“The Inward and Outward Eye”: Shame and Guilt in the Work of Thomas Hardy Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Philosophie (Dr. Phil.) durch die Philosophische Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf vorgelegt von Sarah McEwan aus Portsmouth Erste Gutachterin: Prof. Dr. Therese Seidel Zweiter Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Busse Disputation: 6.5.2003 D 61 2 Contents A. Introduction: The Centrality of Shame and Guilt in Thomas Hardy………………….. 7 I. The Neglect of Shame in Hardyan Criticism and its Impact upon Guilt………….. 7 II. The Interpretation of Guilt as a Social Sanction and a Psychological 12 Phenomenon……………………………………………………………………….. III. The Return of the Native, Tess of the d’Urbervilles and 18 Jude the Obscure: A Trilogy……………………………..………………………… B. Defining Hardyan Shame and Guilt: Rethinking Shame and Guilt within and beyond their Conventional and Cultural Context…………………………. 20 I. Descriptions and Associations of Shame and Guilt in the Nineteenth Century: Moral Climate and Moral Wrong………………………………………………….. 20 II. “The Inward and Outward Eye”: Levels of Shame and Guilt in Hardy and their Function………………………………………………………………….. 30 1. The Psychology behind the Shameful and the Guilty Moment and the Question of Identity……………………………………………………. 30 a.