The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories
The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories

Author: Henry Lawson

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2009-03-02

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0143180126

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One of the great observers of Australian life, Henry Lawson looms large in our national psyche. Yet at his best Lawson transcends the very bush, the very outback, the very up-country, the very pub or selector's hut he conveys with such brevity and acuity- he make specific places universal. Henry Lawson is too often regarded as a legend rather than a writer to be enjoyed. In this selection Lawson is revealed as an author whose delightful, humorous, wry and moving short stories continue to delight generations of readers. This is the essential Lawson collection - the classic of Australian classics. 'Lawson's sketches are beyond praise.' Joseph Conrad'Lawson gets more feelings, observation and atmosphere into a page than does Hemingway.' Edward Garnett

Thomas Hardy and Contemporary Literary Studies
Thomas Hardy and Contemporary Literary Studies

Author: T. Dolin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2004-04-07

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 023038966X

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For more than thirty years, books and essays on Thomas Hardy have been at the forefront of developments in academic literary studies. This collection brings together exciting new readings of Hardy's work by established and emerging critics which also reflect on continuities and changes in contemporary literary studies. Covering a wide range of topics and approaches, Thomas Hardy and Contemporary Literary Studies shows how Hardy's writing continues to provoke its readers to re-examine important issues in literary criticism and critical and cultural theory. Contributors include Terry Eagleton and J. Hillis Miller.

Thomas Hardy 1840-1928
Thomas Hardy 1840-1928

Author: Elizabeth James

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13:

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This illustrated account of Thomas Hardy's life accompanies a British Library exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth. The development and landmarks of Hardy's career are discussed here, together with facets of his talent as they are reflected in his literary works.

Thomas Hardy's Minor Novels
Thomas Hardy's Minor Novels

Author: Beat Riesen

Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13:

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Whereas Thomas Hardy's major novels have received ample attention, his minor ones have been singularly neglected by critics. In the present work an attempt has been made to go beyond the treatment of these novels as separate items and to emphasize their character as stages in a progression, expressions of different phases in a process of artistic development. The present study attempts to see these novels in relation to the unfolding of Hardy's literary career as a whole. Underlying this approach is the view that all Hardy's novels, whether denominated major or minor, can be regarded as milestones in his fictional development, and that the concept of major or minor depends essentially on the view of Hardy's novels as a collection of separate individual items, rather than as parts of a single oeuvre.