THOMAS HARDY by Lance St. John Butler ( 9780521292719 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THOMAS HARDY

By:

Lance St. John Butler

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0521292719

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9780521292719

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

19 February, 1978

Series:

British and Irish Authors

Pages:

188

Description:

A substantial introduction to Hardy's six major novels and his poems.

Synopsis:

This study of Thomas Hardy provides a substantial introduction to his six major novels and his poems. It deals more briefly with the minor fiction. Hardy now seems a more important novelist and poet than at any previous time. This is only partly due to his capabilities as a social historian or provincial chronicler. Far more important is his faithful exploration of the daily trials and tragedies of men and women as feeling beings. Man and woman in love, man and woman 'up against it', are the central themes of his fiction and poetry. His ability to universalise his tragic material, in which he is akin to Shakespeare, is seen as his abiding achievement. Detailed analyses are made of some crucial passages in the major novels and a serious attempt is made to counter the proposition that Hardy 'wrote badly'.

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Cambridge University Press

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