On a Darkling Plain

By Harvey Curtis Webster

Book Overview

Originally published in 1947 and presenting the famed poet-novelist against the background of contemporary thought and society, Harvey Curtis Webster shows that Hardy's later works give consistent evidence of hope; that pervasive pessimism was by no means the keynote of Hardy's thought.

On a Darkling Plain traces the evolution of Hardy's thought, from faith, through disillusionment, to a cautious belief in the ultimate progress of man.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367110733
• ISBN13: 9780367110734
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages