Thomas Hardy

By R.A. Scott James

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was a poet and novelist whose work is informed by a sense of wonder at the beauty of the world, by a love for the way of life still preserved in the Dorset villages of his youth, and by a deep compassion for the fate of human beings in a universe that is indifferent to them. In this 1951 study, R. A. Scott-James explores the life and work of Hardy. This edition includes a 1965 essay by Poet Laureate C. Day Lewis which attends to Hardy's lyrical poetry.

A volume in the Writers and Their Work series, which draws upon recent thinking in English studies to introduce writers and their contexts. Each volume includes biographical material, an examination of recent criticism, a bibliography and a reappraisal of a major work by the writer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582010217
• ISBN13: 9780582010215
• Release Date: June 1965
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 60 Pages