Critical Essays on Thomas Hardy's Poetry

Critical Essays on Thomas Hardy's Poetry

Author: Harold Orel

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13:

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This collection of critical essays on the poetry of English poet and novelist Thomas Hardy covers Hardy and the art of poetry, Hardy and other poets, and a detailed views of specific texts. Includes an introduction addressing the relationship between Hardy's life and his poetry.


The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy

The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy

Author: Dale Kramer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-06-24

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1139825550

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Thomas Hardy's fiction has had a remarkably strong appeal for general readers for decades, and his poetry has been acclaimed as among the most influential of the twentieth century. His work still creates passionate advocacy and opposition. The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy is an essential introduction to this most enigmatic of writers. These commissioned essays from an international team of contributors comprises a general overview of all Hardy' s work and specific demonstrations of Hardy's ideas and literary skills. Individual essays explore Hardy's biography, aesthetics, his famous attachment to Wessex, and the impact on his work of developments in science, religion and philosophy in the late nineteenth century. Hardy's writing is also analysed against developments in contemporary critical theory and issues such as sexuality and gender. The volume also contains a detailed chronology of Hardy's life and publications, and a guide to further reading.


The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy

The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy

Author: Dr Rosemarie Morgan

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2013-04-28

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13: 1409476308

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Bringing together eminent Hardy scholars, The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy offers an overview of Hardy scholarship and suggests new directions in Hardy studies. While several collections have surveyed the Hardy landscape, no previous volume has been composed specifically for scholars and advanced graduate students. This companion is specially designed to aid original research on Hardy and serve as the critical basis for Hardy studies in the new millennium.


The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy

The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy

Author: Dale Kramer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-06-24

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780521566926

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Thomas Hardy's fiction has had a remarkably strong appeal for general readers for decades, and his poetry has been acclaimed as among the most influential of the twentieth century. His work still creates passionate advocacy and opposition. The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy is an essential introduction to this most enigmatic of writers. These commissioned essays from an international team of contributors comprises a general overview of all Hardy' s work and specific demonstrations of Hardy's ideas and literary skills. Individual essays explore Hardy's biography, aesthetics, his famous attachment to Wessex, and the impact on his work of developments in science, religion and philosophy in the late nineteenth century. Hardy's writing is also analysed against developments in contemporary critical theory and issues such as sexuality and gender. The volume also contains a detailed chronology of Hardy's life and publications, and a guide to further reading.


A Companion to Thomas Hardy

A Companion to Thomas Hardy

Author: Keith Wilson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-05-04

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 1405156686

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Through original essays from a distinguished team of international scholars and Hardy specialists, A Companion to Thomas Hardy provides a unique, one-volume resource, which encompasses all aspects of Hardy's major novels, short stories, and poetry Informed by the latest in scholarly, critical, and theoretical debates from some of the world's leading Hardy scholars Reveals groundbreaking insights through examinations of Hardy’s major novels, short stories, poetry, and drama Explores Hardy's work in the context of the major intellectual and socio-cultural currents of his time and assesses his legacy for subsequent writers


Hardy

Hardy

Author: Albert Joseph Guérard

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 1963

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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In an era of often uncritical optimism, Hardy looked upon mankind with dark brooding wisdom. He dared to speak of sexual conflict of man's self-destructiveness, of grotesque mischance. Today his skepticism, his narrative inventiveness, and hostility to realism, and his psychological insight make him a congenial, even contemporary voice.


Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy

Author: Thomas Hardy

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2014-11-01

Total Pages: 2377

ISBN-13: 0857285920

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Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) was a major English poet and novelist; his works, often set in the fictional county of Wessex, are memorable for their realism and criticism of social constraints. This book, the first volume of a two volume selected collection of his works, includes ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’, ‘A Pair of Blue Eyes’, ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’, ‘The Return of the Native’, ‘The Trumpet-Major’ and ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’.