A preface to Hardy (Preface books) - Softcover
Examines the life and works of Hardy with particular reference to The Mayor of Casterbridge. There is new material on Hardy's short stories and their relation to the major novels, and on The Dynasts, which accompanies a study of a range of Hardy's other poetry.
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Excellent introduction to one of the great Victorian novelists!
* Looks at Hardy the man and the intellectual, and the cultural climate in which he lived.
* Examines a variety of Hardy's work from the major phases of his career, concentrating particularly on The Mayor of Casterbridge and outlines the short stories and their relation to the major novel.
* Covers Hardy's extraordinary verse epic The Dynasts and explores his second career as a poet, from early work such as Neutral Tones to the haunting poems about Emma Hardy.
Thomas Hardy is one of the great Victorian novelists. The author of classic works of fiction such as Far From the Madding Crowd and Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Hardy later gave up writing fiction and concentrated on writing poetry. Increasing importance has been placed on his poems and some critics now regard Hardy as the major influence on the development of modern British poetry. This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the life and works of Thomas Hardy and provides biographical analysis, setting Hardy's works in the context of his time which encourages readers to understand his work in the period and style it was written.
Merryn Williams is a poet and critic and has taught widely on the nineteenth century novel.
Merryn Williams is a poet and critic and has taught widely on the nineteenth century novel.
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- PublisherLongman
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 0582351138
- ISBN 13 9780582351134
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages182
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