Gain Access A Preface To Hardy Conceived By Merryn Williams In Manuscript

how much I disliked the other Hardy book by the same author, I have to say this one was worth reading.
While a small thing, my favourite "tit bit" from this book was a drawing/cartoon of God talking to Hardy.


This is an excellent introduction to Hardy and his setting, If you are someone like me, who enjoy Hardys works tremendously but do not have enough time to spend on lengthy biographies, then this is a good book.
It is divided into three parts: The Writer and his Setting Hardys Life, Hardy the countryman, Hardy the Victorian, Critical Survey includes Hardys heroes and their predicaments, introductions to short stories and the Dynasts, selected poems and Reference section with Maps and short biographies

The part I really enjoyed is the poetry section.
The Preface Books seem to be very handy with its content so Im thinking about moving onto the Brontes, Oscar Wilde, Wilfred Owen and Shakespeares Tragedies.

A Preface to Hardy remains the best introduction to one of the most important and popular writers in English literature.
The first section concentrates on Hardy the man and outlines the intellectual and cultural context in which he lived, The author then moves on to examine a wide range of Hardy's work, with particular reference to The Mayor of Casterbridge.
There is new material on Hardy's short stories and their relation to the major novels, and on The Dynasts, which accompanies a study of a range of Hardy's other poetry.
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