Thomas Hardy and the Death of Emma: What His Writings Reveal

by Andrew Norman

An examination of Thomas Hardy's poems reflecting on his tumultuous marriage to Emma Gifford.

In many of his poems, the great Dorset poet and novelist Thomas Hardy referred to a certain romantic courtship, a marriage which became progressively more problematical, and finally to a bereavement in which a man loses his wife. So, who was Hardy writing about? The clue is to be found in his early poems, where the names of several locations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399051172
• ISBN13: 9781399051170
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: White Owl
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"