Hardy's Lyrics: Pearls of Pity

by Brian Green

Thomas Hardy frequently insisted that his poems were not self-expressive, but dramatic or 'impersonative'. Yet biographical expositions have dulled their impersonality. Brian Green's approach is more exacting and rewarding; taking Hardy at his word, he traces Hardy's 'master theme' throughout the corpus of poems - a governing concern which merges Victorian and perennial ideas throughout the whole of Hardy's writings.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333633288
• ISBN13: 9780333633281
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"