Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School (Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy) - Hardcover

Thomas Hardy , Edited By Simon Gatrell

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ISBN 10: 1107089026 ISBN 13: 9781107089020

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2018

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First comprehensive critical edition of Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) analyses Hardy's many revisions and offers essential contextual material.

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Prominent English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is renowned for having had a significant influence on Victorian and early 20th-century literature. Hardy, who was born in Dorset, England, on June 2, 1840, came from a working-class family to become one of the greatest writers of his day. Hardy explored themes like love, fate, and the conflict between old and modern values in his works, which frequently portrayed the harsh reality of rural life. "The Mayor of Casterbridge" (1886), "The Return of the Native" (1878), "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1874), and "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (1891) are a few notable works. His writing was distinguished by a close relationship to nature and a sharp understanding of human nature. Hardy was a talented poet in addition to his novelist, as evidenced by collections like "Wessex Poems" (1898) and "Poems of the Past and Present" (1902). Hardy's writings were increasingly more well-known throughout the 20th century for their realistic and profound psychological depth. Thomas Hardy's literary talents have ensured his enduring legacy as a master poet and storyteller, notwithstanding some debate around the seeming pessimism in his latter novels.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1107089026
• ISBN 13: 9781107089020
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
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