Of Gargoyles and Men: Creative Vitality in Far from the Madding Crowd
Focusing on the famous description of the gargoyle of the Weatherbury Church in Far from the Madding Crowd, chapter 46, this paper looks into the possible, yet little acknowledged, sources of Hardy’s treatment of the gothic and the grotesque—notably in relation with John Ruskin’s developments on the...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:fathom_577 https://doi.org/10.4000/fathom.577 urn:doi:10.4000/fathom.577 en https://journals.openedition.org/fathom/577 2016-04-28T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/gai8 All rights reserved Of Gargoyles and Men: Creative Vitality in Far from the Madding Crowd FATHOM Association française sur les études sur Thomas Hardy info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2270-6798 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/fathom Gadoin, Isabelle destin architecture Ruskin (John) gothique grotesque hybridité rire ornement fate architecture Ruskin (John) Gothic art grotesque hybridity laughter ornament Focusing on the famous description of the gargoyle of the Weatherbury Church in Far from the Madding Crowd, chapter 46, this paper looks into the possible, yet little acknowledged, sources of Hardy’s treatment of the gothic and the grotesque—notably in relation with John Ruskin’s developments on the subject in The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849) and The Stones of Venice (1851-53). From there it goes on to show that the awful distorted grin of the gargoyle is far more than a merely decorative motif: on the contrary it is used throughout Hardy’s novels to subtend a reflexion on cosmic indifference and the irony of Fate — since Fate is consistently shown as laughing sardonically upon men’s decisions and troubles. Cet article prend pour point de départ la célèbre description de la gargouille de l’église de Weatherbury, au chapitre 46 de Far from the Madding Crowd, pour proposer un rapprochement entre le traitement du style gothique et de ses motifs grotesques chez Hardy, et les développements de John Ruskin sur le sujet. Le sourire atroce et déformé de la gargouille se révèle cependant être bien plus qu’un simple motif décoratif : il est la base d’une réflexion cohérente sur l’indifférence du cosmos et la cruauté du Destin—un Destin dont les sentences résonnent dans les romans de Hardy sous la forme presque systématique d’un ricanement sardonique. |
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Focusing on the famous description of the gargoyle of the Weatherbury Church in Far from the Madding Crowd, chapter 46, this paper looks into the possible, yet little acknowledged, sources of Hardy’s treatment of the gothic and the grotesque—notably in relation with John Ruskin’s developments on the subject in The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849) and The Stones of Venice (1851-53). From there it goes on to show that the awful distorted grin of the gargoyle is far more than a merely decorative motif: on the contrary it is used throughout Hardy’s novels to subtend a reflexion on cosmic indifference and the irony of Fate — since Fate is consistently shown as laughing sardonically upon men’s decisions and troubles. |
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