Thomas Hardy

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840. He was one of the most renowned poets and novelists in English literary history. Hardy wrote fourteen novels, three volumes of short stories, and several poems between the years 1871 and 1897, including his greatest novels Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D'Urbevilles . These received negative reviews at the time, but have become true classics. Tom Paulin grew up in Belfast and now lives in Oxford, where he is Emeritus Fellow of Hertford College, University of Oxford. He has published nine collections of poetry as well as a Selected Poems 1972-1990 , two major anthologies, two versions of Greek drama, and several critical works, including The Day-Star of Liberty: William Hazlitt's Radical Style and, Crusoe's Secret: The Aesthetics of Dissent. Klappentext In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature.This new selection of Thomas Hardy's poetry is part of a series of collections from six great nature poets. Zusammenfassung A selection of the writer's greatest nature poetry.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas Hardy, Hardy Thomas, Tom Paulin
• Con la collaborazione di: Tom Paulin (Editore), Paulin Tom (Editore)
• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 19.05.2016
• EAN: 9780571328758
• ISBN: 978-0-571-32875-8
• Pagine: 176
• Dimensioni: 137 mm x 204 mm x 17 mm
• Serie: Faber Nature Poets; Faber Nature Poets; Faber Poetry
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; NATURE / General, POETRY / General, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Poetry by individual poets, Poet to Poet, Literary studies: poetry and poets