Thomas Hardy’s Vision of Wessex

Gatrell, S.

Wessex did not spring full-born from Hardy's imagination when he began to write. The first part of the book reveals in detail how Wessex became what it is, geographically, socially and culturally, beginning with his fist poem in the 1860s and ending with Winter Words, his last collection of verse. The second (briefer) part is an account of the impact of Hardy's vision of Wessex on twentieth-century English culture, offering an explanation for Hardy's endurance as a popular novelist.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2003-11-03

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333748343

DOI: 10.1057/9780230500259

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 264