Thomas Hardy's Pastoral
Subtitle: An Unkindly May
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Sep 29, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781137505019
Description: 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.
Notes: Source title: Thomas Hardy's Pastoral: An Unkindly May