This guide focuses on one of the most popular of 20th century poets. If offers a thorough introduction to Hardy's poetry, mainly for readers with little or no previous acquaintance with it. It begins with a simple conversation with the student about a group of poems under four headings. Then, after a chapter summarizing the relevant events of Hardy's life, chapters three to six expand on each of these four headings; seeing; love; death; and language. In these chapters further poems are used to show how these topics and themes permeate Hardy's poetic work. The book's final two chapters relate the poetry to wider matters. These include the social, economic and cultural background of Hardy's time, and the critical debates which have evolved about his work.
- ISBN10 0335099912
- ISBN13 9780335099917
- Publish Date 1 November 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 June 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Open University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 111
- Language English