A collection of Hardy's poetry and non-fiction prose, containing some 200 of his familiar and less-familiar shorter poems organized by theme, as well as Hardy's own prefaces to volumes of his poems, and his essays on fiction, on the "Dorsetshire laborer," and on an 18th- century execution. Includes explanatory notes, and a brief overview of Hardy's life and work. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
... some listed from dictionaries , e.g. , ' gadder to emborder sworder ( solr ) to plush to tiddle , to slidder , a dallier tid ( nice ) a noier ( an- ) to pucker holder tucker dandler fondler philter live in clover ' .
Selected from thirty years of his poetry, this annotated collection of verse explores the various forms Hardy found interesting, as well the philosophical scope of his work, and includes moving elegies of regret and love lyrics written for ...
This importance is only partly due to his capabilities as a social historian or provincial chronicler. Far more important than these is his faithful exploration of the daily trials and tragedies of men and women as feeling beings.
'Whenever a club walked he'd play the clarinet in the band that marched before 'em as if he'd never touched ... 'He used to walk over there of a Sunday afternoon to visit his old acquaintance Andrew Brown, the first clarinet there; ...
Contents Include: Wessex Poems and Other Verses Poems of the Past and the Present Poems of Pilgrimage Miscellaneous Poems Imitations Retrospect Time's Laughingstocks More Love Lyrics A Set of Country songs Pieces Occasional and Various ...
Personal Notebooks of Thomas Hardy
... 255 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), 59 Ruskin, John, 49, 136,239 Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 10 Sassoon, Siegfried, 261 Saturday Review, 15, 54, 116, 117, 136, 138, 178 Scott, Sir George Gilbert, 58 Scott, ...
This collection of fresh essays sheds new light on Hardy's poems--some of which have received little critical attention--from a variety of thematic and analytical approaches, offering a detailed picture of how his works are currently being ...
This edition uses the unbowdlerized text of the first volume edition of 1895, and also includes a list for further reading, appendices and a glossary.
Tanner , Tony ( 1968 ) : ' Colour and Movement in Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles ' , Critical Quarterly , 10 : 219–39 ; reprinted ... Turner , Paul ( 1998 ) : The Life of Thomas Hardy : A Critical Biography ( Oxford : Blackwell ) .