Hardy's Lyrics Pearls of Pity |
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| Author:
| Green, B. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-230-37677-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2016 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $169.00 |
Book Description:
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Thomas Hardy frequently insisted that his poems were not self-expressive, but dramatic or 'impersonative'. Yet biographical expositions have dulled their impersonality. Brian Green's approach is more exacting and rewarding; taking Hardy at his word, he traces Hardy's 'master theme' throughout the corpus of poems - a governing concern which merges Victorian and perennial ideas throughout the whole of Hardy's writings.
Thomas Hardy frequently insisted that his poems were not self-expressive, but dramatic or 'impersonative'. Yet biographical expositions have dulled their impersonality. Brian Green's approach is more exacting and rewarding; taking Hardy at his word, he traces Hardy's 'master theme' throughout the corpus of poems - a governing concern which merges Victorian and perennial ideas throughout the whole of Hardy's writings.