Thomas Hardy

ThomasHardywastheforemostnovelistofhistime,aswellasanestablishedpoet.AuthorofJudetheObscureandFarfromtheMaddingCrowd,Hardyreflectedinhisworksthedynamicsofsocial,intellectualandaestheticchangeinnineteenth-centuryEngland.ThisguideprovidesstudentswithalucidintroductiontoHardy'slifeandworksandthebasisforasoundcomprehensionofhiswork,including:ULLIthemajoraspectsofHardy'slifeinthecontextofcontemporaryculture/LILIadetailedcommentaryonHardy'smostimportantworkandacriticalmapofHardy'scompletewriting/LILIanoutlineofthevastbodyofcriticismthathasbuiltuparoundHardy'sworkwithexamplesofrecentcriticaldebate./LI/ULExpositionandguide,thisvolumeenablesreaderstoformtheirownreadingsofoneofthemostimportantwritersofthenineteenthcentury.