The works of the English novelist, poet, and dramatist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) unite the Victorian and modern eras. They reveal him to be a kind and gentle man, terribly aware of the pain human being...
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In the later years of his long life, Thomas Hardy was probably the most famous English man of letters of his time, his reputation extending throughout the world. He is now generally regarded as both a...
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One of Hardy's unusual claims to distinction as a poet is that his first book of verse was not published until he was fifty-eight and had already achieved fame as a novelist. In the next thirty years,...
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A writer who expressed himself prolifically and successfully in both prose and verse, Thomas Hardy hoped to be remembered for his poetry. Toward the end of his life he remarked that his sole literary ...
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Biography EssayIn the later years of his long life, Thomas Hardy was probably the most famous English man of letters of his time, his reputation extending throughout the world. He is now generally reg...
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Is Hardy's vision of the 20th century pessimistic? Explain, with reference to "Channel Firing" and at least two other works.
Poetry often reflects the feelings and values of a poet. Even though ...
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"Happiness is an occasional episode in a general drama of pain"-this is the conclusion drawn by one of Hardy's chief women characters, Elizabeth-Jane in his tragic novel The Mayor of Casterbridge. Thi...
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Thomas Hardy, when paid a lot of attention too, seems to be very sympathetic to women and their lack of rights. Being born in the 18th Century, he was brought up in a society of which looked poorly on...
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Thomas Hardy, a famous poet in the 19th Century, has written some very touching poems. During the period of 1912-1913 Hardy provided readers with some of his most emotive and personal poems. A study ...
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The poems "Afterwards" by Thomas Hardy and "The Wild Swans at Coole" by W.B. Yeats both use vivid nature imagery to enhance their central natural ideas and contrast it to humanity. Both poets paint ob...
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Compare and contrast any two of Hardy's poems. The poems should be of a similar theme.
Both "I Found Her Out There" and "The Haunter" are poems about Emma, Hardy's beloved deceased wife. While the fo...
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Thomas Hardy is a well known novelist and poet. Like all good writers Hardy uses personal experiences and dilemmas to influence his writing.
In 1874 Thomas Hardy married Emma Lavina Gifford, all th...
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Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
