Hardy of Wessex
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Hardy of Wessex

His Life and Literary Career

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Hardy of Wessex

His Life and Literary Career

About this book

First published in 1940 and revised in 1965, this work by the distinguished Hardy Scholar, Carl J. Weber, traces Hardy's literary career from High Brockhampton to the grave in Poet's corner, Westminster Abbey. Using a multitude of letters, it explains why Thomas Hardy wrote, and how his books grew from ideas, emotions and experiences to the printed volumes that have delighted the world.

This book will be of interest to those studying the works of Thomas Hardy and 19th century literature.

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Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781138675339
eBook ISBN
9781317199205
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
English Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Original Title
  6. Original Copyright
  7. Contents
  8. PREFACE
  9. I. BIRTH AND BOYHOOD AT BOCKHAMPTON
  10. II. IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION
  11. III. LONDON TRIED
  12. IV. LONDON FOUND WANTING
  13. V. ‘THE POOR MAN’ AND THE CRITICS
  14. VI. EXCURSION INTO LYONNESSE
  15. VII. ‘CORNHILL’ COMPLICATIONS
  16. VIII. ‘NEGATIVE BEAUTY OF TRAGIC TONE’
  17. IX. SHORT STORIES AND LITTLE IRONIES
  18. X. ‘TROUBLES IN BATTALIONS’
  19. XI. PORTRAIT OF A MAN OF CHARACTER
  20. XII. ‘ATMOSPHERE OF CIDER’
  21. XIII. ‘A PURE WOMAN FAITHFULLY PRESENTED’
  22. XIV. ‘HIGH-WATER MARK OF LATE-VICTORIAN FICTION’
  23. XV. AN INTERLUDE
  24. XVI. SAD MUSIC OF HUMANITY
  25. XVII. ‘DEEP DIVISION’
  26. XVIII. THE END OF PROSE
  27. XIX. THE FIRST BOOKS OF POEMS
  28. XX. ‘THE DYNASTS’
  29. XXI. ‘MAGIC LIGHTS’
  30. XXII. ‘LET ME ENJOY THE EARTH NO LESS’
  31. XXIII. ‘THROBBINGS OF NOONTIDE’
  32. XXIV. ‘AFTERWARDS’
  33. NOTES AND REFERENCES
  34. INDEX