Woodlanders

Critical edition of Thomas Hardy's eleventh published novel reflects Hardy's original artistic intention and is supported by essential contextual material.

List of contents

List of illustrations; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Woodlanders; Editorial emendations; Textual notes; Record of variants - accidentals; End-of-line word division; Appendix A: the title-page verse; Appendix B: Hardy's prefaces; Appendix C: illustrations; Appendix D: description of substantive editions; Appendix E: compositorial stints for Macmillan's Magazine; Appendix F: 'pin-holes' in the manuscript of The Woodlanders; Appendix G: compositorial stints for the 1912 Wessex edition; Explanatory notes; Glossary of dialect terms; Map of Wessex.

About the author

Alan Manford was formerly Head of English Department in a Birmingham comprehensive school. He has edited the Thomas Hardy's A Pair of Blue Eyes (1985) and Life's Little Ironies (1996).

Summary

Thomas Hardy's eleventh published novel, The Woodlanders, is a story of wide appeal. It considers themes of marriage and social class, while revealing the author's profound knowledge of nature and country life. The authoritative text of this critical edition is supported by a comprehensive introduction, chronology and accompanying textual apparatus.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Hardy, Hardy Thomas
• Assisted by: Alan Manford (Editor), Manford Alan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781107046504
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04650-4
• No. of pages: 788
• Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy; Cambridge Edition of the Novel; The Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy; Cambridge Edition of the Novel
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary reference works, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers