The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1891

The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1891
Author: Florence Emily Hardy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2011-09-29
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1108033830

The first volume (1928) of a fascinating account of Hardy's life, compiled by him in collaboration with his second wife.

The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1891

The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1891
Author: Florence Emily Hardy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 390
Release: 1928
Genre: Authors, English
ISBN:

Based on contemporary notes, letters, diaries, and biographical memoranda, as well as from oral information in conversations extending over many years.

The Later Years of Thomas Hardy, 1892-1928

The Later Years of Thomas Hardy, 1892-1928
Author: Florence Emily Hardy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2011-09-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108033822

The second volume (1930) of a fascinating account of Hardy's life, compiled by him in collaboration with his second wife.

Thomas Hardy and History

Thomas Hardy and History
Author: Fred Reid
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2017-08-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3319541757

This book addresses the questions 'What did Thomas Hardy think about history and how did this enter into his writings?' Scholars have sought answers in 'revolutionary', 'gender', 'postcolonial' and 'millennial' criticism, but these are found to be unsatisfactory. Fred Reid is a historian who seeks answers by setting Hardy more fully in the discourses of philosophical history and the domestic and international affairs of Britain. He shows how Hardy worked out, from the late 1850s, his own 'meliorist' philosophy of history and how it is inscribed in his fiction. Rooted in the idea of cyclical history as propounded by the Liberal Anglican historians, it was adapted after his loss of faith through reading the works of Auguste Comte, George Drysdale and John Stuart Mill and used to defend the right of individuals to break with the Victorian sexual code and make their own 'experiments in living'.