num_pages: 969
description: Thomas Hardy's first love was poetry. It was not until 1898, when he was 58, that his first book of poetry, Wessex Poems was published. For the final years of his life he abandoned fiction and devoted himself entirely to poetry; he is now not only regarded as one of the most important English novelists but is also a poet of major stature and increasing popularity. The Complete Poems includes Hardy's more than 900 poems, complemented by detailed notes. Collected here are his eight books of verse, all the uncollected poems, Domicilium, and the songs from The Dynasts. This edition contains an additional poem, The Sound of Her.
language: English
title: The variorum edition of the complete poems of Thomas Hardy
titlecomplete: The variorum edition of the complete poems of Thomas Hardy
genres: Fiction, Poetry, British Literature, Collections, School, Literature, Classics, 19th Century, 20th Century, Victorian
ratings_count: 2454
publisher: Macmillan