Thomas Hardy's Pastoral
Author: Indy Clark
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-29
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1137505028
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book reads Hardy's poetry of the rural as deeply rooted in the historical tradition of the pastoral mode even as it complicates and extends it. It shows that in addition to reinstating the original tensions of classical pastoral, Hardy dramatizes a heightened awareness of complex communities and the relations of class, labour, and gender.