A COMPANION TO THOMAS HARDY

Through original essays from a distinguished team of international scholars and Hardy specialists 60:i62:A Companion to Thomas Hardy60:/i62: provides a unique one8211:volume resource which encompasses all aspects of Hardy8242:s major novels short stories and poetry60:br /62: 60:ul62: 60:li62:Informed by the latest in scholarly critical and theoretical debates from some of the world8242:s leading Hardy scholars60:br /62: 60:/li62: 60:li62:Reveals groundbreaking insights through examinations of Hardys major novels short stories poetry and drama60:br /62: 60:/li62: 60:li62:Explores Hardy8242:s work in the context of the major intellectual and socio8211:cultural currents of his time and assesses his legacy for subsequent writers60:/li62: 60:/ul62:60:i62:A Companion to Thomas Hardy60:/i62: brings together new essays on all aspects of Thomas Hardys work by thirty of the worlds most distinguished Hardy scholars.60:i62:A Companion to Thomas Hardy60:/i62: brings together new essays on all aspects of Thomas Hardys work by thirty of the worlds most distinguished Hardy scholars. Groundbreaking insights are revealed through examinations of his novels short stories poetry and the often neglected epic8211:drama 60:i62:The Dynasts60:/i62: that Hardy like many of his contemporaries considered to be his major achievement. The Companion provides an influential re8211:assessment of Hardys place in both Victorian and Modern literature with essays that consider his complexity as a biographical subject probe his ideas and attitudes in relation to their socio8211:cultural scientific and philosophical contexts analyze his distinctive achievements in the remarkable variety of genres in which he worked and assess his legacy for subsequent modernist writers. 60:p62:Comprehensive and authoritative 60:i62:A Companion to Thomas Hardy60:/i62: offers an unparalleled range of contemporary scholarship on an author whose transitional position between the late nineteenth8211: and early twentieth8211:centuries makes him central to the study of both. This Companion provides a seamless overview of the entirety of Hardys oeuvre through historical contextualization and analysis of key works.60:/p62:60:i62:A Companion to Thomas Hardy60:/i62: brings together new essays on all aspects of Thomas Hardys work by thirty of the worlds most distinguished Hardy scholars. Groundbreaking insights are revealed through examinations of his novels short stories poetry and the often neglected epic8211:drama 60:i62:The Dynasts60:/i62: that Hardy like many of his contemporaries considered to be his major achievement. The Companion provides an influential re8211:assessment of Hardys place in both Victorian and Modern literature with essays that consider his complexity as a biographical subject probe his ideas and attitudes in relation to their s