Themes
- The Implicit Theme in the Works of Thomas Hardy
- The Novels of Thomas Hardy: An Introduction
- Love and the Discovery of Self in Hardy and Wilde
- Family-Systems Theory, Addiction, and Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge
Characterization
Plot and structure
- The Private Letter as Plot Device in The Mayor of Casterbridge
- The Narrators of Hard Times and The Mayor of Casterbridge as Wisdom Speakers
- "The Wife Sale in Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge"
Genre, mode, and style
- Thomas Hardy's Pictorial Imagination and The Mayor of Casterbridge
- Sensation Novel Elements in The London Graphic's Serialisation of The Mayor of Casterbridge
- Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of CasterbridgeAs an Aristotelian Tragedy
Gender matters
Political themes and contexts
Setting
- Colliton House, Dorset — Hardy's High Place Hall
- Dorchester Corn Exchange
- The Reputed Model for Henchard's House
- Mai Dun Hill Fort [Maiden Castle]
- Maumbury Rings, Dorchester
- The Chalk Walk, Dorchester
- Colliton House, Dorchester
- Mixen Lane, Dorchester
- The King's Arms, Dorchester
Hardy and His Illustrators: Robert Barnes
- Large-Scale Illustrations by Robert Barnes for Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge
- The Graphic
- Robert Barnes's Illustration for Chapter 39
Adaptations
- Dennis Potter's 1978 Television Adaptation
- A Review of "The Claim" (2000) — an adaptation of The Mayor of Casterbridge
- Casterbridge: A New Adaptation by Philip Goulding
- The Mayor of Casterbridge (2001, 2003) on A & E Television: Sometimes Less IS Less
Discussion questions and essay topics
Related Resources
- 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'"
- 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 3 April 2024