Wessex Poems and Other Verses
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- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2017
Summary
Wessex Poems was Hardy’s first collection of poetry, published after he had turned away from novel writing, disillusioned by the savage reception Jude the Obscure had received. Its publication marked the start of an extraordinary new phase in Hardy’s writing career: for the rest of his long life, he would write only poetry. Here are sprightly Dorset ballads, verses set during the Napoleonic Wars, and personal poems reflecting on Hardy’s life and loves. Composed throughout Hardy’s life and animated by his affection for his beloved Wessex, their publication in 1898 heralded the arrival of a major new poetic voice.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241303139 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241303133 |
| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 201g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 120mm x 187mm |
| Series: | Penguin Clothbound Poetry |
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Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840 and became an apprentice architect at the age of sixteen. He spent his twenties in London, where he wrote his first poems. In 1867 Hardy returned to his native Dorset, whose rugged landscape was a great source of inspiration for his writing. Between 1871 and 1897 he wrote fourteen novels, including Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. This final work was received savagely; thereafter Hardy turned away from novels and spent the last thirty year of his life focusing on poetry. He died in 1928.
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