●Introduction
Chapter 1 Ecocriticism and Hardy's Ecological Thoughts
1.1 An Overview of Ecocriticism
1.2 Hardy's Ecological Thoughts
Chapter 2 Spirit of Place: Hardy's Depiction of the Natural Environment
2.1 The Quiet Pastoral Setting in Far from the Madding Crowd
2.2 Symbolic Sense of Nature in Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2.3 Nature as an Independent Entity in The Return of the Native
Chapter 3 Spirit of Place: The Relationship between Hardy's People and Nature
3.1 Characters Close to Nature
3.2 Characters Alienated from Nature
3.3 Characters Returning to Nature
Chapter 4 Spirit of Place: Hardy's Influence on Other British Ecological Novels Exemplified by Rebecca
4.1 The Natural World in Rebecca
4.2 The Human World in Rebecca
Conclusion
References
Appendices
Afterword

地方精神是一個地方自有的特點或“氛圍”，是“地方的本質”。英國有名文學家托馬斯·哈代（1840～1928）的“性格與環境小說”繫列體現了他對地方精神的獨特思考和深沉的生態哲思。本書基於“地方精神”這一中心概念和19世紀末到20世紀初英國處於現代轉型期的時代特征，結合生態批評理論，以《遠離塵囂》《苔絲》和《還鄉》為主要分析文本，研究哈代自然書寫內嵌的地方精神和生態意蘊及其對達夫妮·杜穆裡埃（1907～1990）等後世作家的自然生態小說帶來的影響。

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