Thomas Hardy, Poet: New Perspectives

Thomas Hardy, Poet: New Perspectives
ISBN-10
0786495383
ISBN-13
9780786495382
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
232
Language
English
Published
2015-09-11
Publisher
McFarland
Authors
Adrian Grafe, Laurence Estanove

Description

"This is an excellent collection of essays: far-reaching, consistently thoughtful, frequently insightful and indeed riveting. They range from the treatment of landscape to the placement of a comma, but the volume as a whole is a sustained effort at critique and celebration."--Phillip Mallett, University of St Andrews The poems of Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) are key to understanding 19th, 20th and even 21st century poetry. 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 read. The contributors discuss why Hardy's poetic genius is less and less overshadowed by his career as a novelist and highlight his passionate attention to small details, his delight in "noticing things" and his "eye for...mysteries."

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