Thomas Hardy : half a Londoner /

Because Thomas Hardy is so closely associated with the rural Wessex of his novels, stories, and poems, it is easy to forget that he was, in his own words, half a Londoner. Focusing on the formative five years in his early twenties when Hardy lived in the city, but also on his subsequent movement bac...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ford, Mark, 1962 June 24- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Homes and haunts > England > London.
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Homes and haunts > England > Dorset.
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928
1800-1899
Authors, English > 19th century > Biography.
Rural-urban relations in literature.
Écrivains anglais > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Relations villes-campagnes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors, English
Homes
Rural-urban relations in literature
England > Dorset
England > London
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: In death divided
  • The cries of London
  • Only practical men are wanted here
  • Crass clanging town
  • Power & purpose
  • The hand of E. (I)
  • The hand of E. (II)
  • Literary London (I)
  • Literary London (II)
  • The well-beloved
  • London streets and interiors
  • Epilogue: Christmas in the Elgin room.

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