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JUDE THE OBSCURE AND BENJAMIN JOWETT
DESCRIPTION:
Address: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/english/jowett.htm
Contact: Martin Ray (en1090@abdn.ac.uk)
Date: 07/01/04
A brief documented commentary by Martin Ray of Aberdeen University on the various ways that Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol College from 1870 to 1893, is a "subliminal presence" in Jude the Obscure. The author, Martin Ray, is
a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English of the University of Aberdeen.
COMMENT:
Persuasively calls attention to Jowett's association with three key events in Jude's life.