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Thomas Hardy's vision of Wessex / Simon Gatrell.
Van Pelt Library PR4757.S46 G37 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gatrell, Simon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Settings.
- Hardy, Thomas.
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Knowledge and learning--Wessex (England).
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.
- Pastoral literature, English--History and criticism.
- Pastoral literature, English.
- Country life in literature.
- Wessex (England)--In literature.
- Wessex (England).
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
- Summary:
- Wessex did not spring full-born from Hardy's imagination when he began to write. The first part of the book reveals in detail how Wessex became what it is, geographically, socially and culturally, beginning with his first poem in the 1860s and ending with "Winter Words," his last collection of verse. The second (briefer) part is an account of the impact of Hardy's vision of Wessex on twentieth-century English culture, offering an explanation for Hardy's endurance as a popular novelist.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-255) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0333748344
- OCLC:
- 52040810
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