Hardy Women - Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses

By viewing the man through the eyes of the strong woman who formed him and who inspired some of the greatest female heroines in literature, Hardy''s Women will provide a unique angle on one of the greatest writers to have lived. ''The doll of fiction must be demolished'', he wrote. But the women in his life paid a large price for his vision.

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EARLY PRAISE FOR HARDY WOMEN
'Absorbing... a treat for Hardy fans and unhappy wives'
The Times
'Novelist and poet Thomas Hardy created some of literature's most enduring female characters ... but it is the real women who shaped the life of the tortured genius that a book vividly reanimates'
Independent
'Magnificent... a masterful storyteller and meticulous researcher, Byrne shows us how the women in Hardy's work are based on the women in his life. But she does so with the delicacy of a hummingbird, darting from point to point, suggesting but never concluding'
Washington Post
'By turns infuriating and inspiring, but always fascinating, this page-turner of a book offers a genuinely fresh perspective on one of Victorian Britain's most famous writers'
Gareth Russell, author of The Palace
'A fascinating re-examination of the life of Thomas Hardy through the eyes of the women who profoundly influenced him-his mother, his sisters, girlfriends, wives and muses. Drawing on access to some neverbefore-seen passages in Hardy's journals, she shows that it is through these hardy women that we can truly appreciate his much-loved works'
The Bookseller, Editor's Choice

Product details

• Authors: Paula Byrne, Byrne Paula
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9780008322267
• ISBN: 978-0-00-832226-7
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 52 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; England, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: writers