Thomas Hardy is remembered today for novels such as Jude the Obscure and Tess of the d'Urbervilles. But, there is a wealth of content to explore in his masterful poetry.
Thomas Hardy is remembered today for novels such as Jude the Obscure and Tess of the d'Urbervilles. But, there is a wealth of content to explore in his masterful poetry.
This stimulating study takes a fresh look at Hardy's poetry and key themes. Part I uses carefully selected extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines Hardy's life and works and a sample of criticism. The volume is an ideal introductory guide for those who are studying Hardy...
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The death in 1912 of Hardy’s first wife, Emma Gifford (whom he met at St Juliot, Cornwall, in 1868, and married in 1874) prompted several of his finest poems. He wrote inventively in many verse forms and aimed to keep close to ordinary speech. The lyricism, imagination and honesty ...
Te true precursor for Hardy was Shelley, whose visionary skepticism permeates the novels as well as the poems and Te Dynasts. Tere is some technical debt to George Eliot in the early novels, but Hardy in his depths was little more moved by her than by Wilkie Collins, from whom he also...
Discover who Thomas Hardy was and learn about his life and career writing poems & books. Understand Thomas Hardy's works and explore his novels'...
Thomas Hardy Poems The Sleep-Worker When wilt thou wake, O Mother, wake and see - As one who, held in trance, has laboured long By vacant rote and prepossession strong - The coils that thou hast wrought unwittingly; Wherein have place, unrealized by thee,...
If you enjoyed thispoem, you might also want to explore two moreThomas Hardy poemsand another one from a different poet: ‘A Thunderstorm In Town’presents two contrasting scenes: the dry interior of a carriage and the havoc of a thunderstorm outside. But the powerful imagery and symbolism ...
Thomas HardyAlthough best remembered today for his novels, Thomas Hardy thought of himself as a poet forced by circumstance to write fiction for a living. This generous selection of nearly two hundred poems includes such familiar pieces as During Wind and Rain, Channel Firing, Afterwards, The Dar...