Thomas Hardy's Pastoral [electronic resource] : An Unkindly May /
Clark, Indy.author.
This book reads Hardy's poetry of the rural as deeply rooted in the historical tradition of the pastoral mode even as it complicates and extends it. It shows that in addition to reinstating the original tensions of classical pastoral, Hardy dramatizes a heightened awareness of complex communities and the relations of class, labour, and gender.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book reads Hardy's poetry of the rural as deeply rooted in the historical tradition of the pastoral mode even as it complicates and extends it. It shows that in addition to reinstating the original tensions of classical pastoral, Hardy dramatizes a heightened awareness of complex communities and the relations of class, labour, and gender.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Poetry.
British literature.
Fiction.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Literature—History and criticism.
Poetry and Poetics.
British and Irish Literature.
Fiction.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Literary History.