Selected Poems
- ISBN-10
- 0140585389
- ISBN-13
- 9780140585384
- Series
- Selected Poems
- Category
- English poetry
- Pages
- 463
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1978
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
Description
After the hostile reception of Jude the Obscure in 1896, Thomas Hardy devoted the last thirty years of his life to poetry. This generous selection of poems displays the wide variety of his metrical styles and stanza forms, as well as the philosophical scope of his work. While his verse is often seen as the culmination of late Victorian moods, Hardy combines irony and stoicism to forge a thoroughly modern stance against ruin. His poems illustrating the perversity of fate are some of the most authentic expressions of human sorrow and regret in the English language; and the love lyrics written for his deceased first wife constitute the best examples of the modern elegy. This volume includes an insightful introductory essay along with textual and explanatory notes.
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