Thomas Hardy's Pastoral: An Unkindly May

Clark, Indy

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-09-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137505019

DOI: 10.1057/9781137505026

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 217