Thomas Hardy's Pastoral

Description:

This book reads Hardy's poetry of the rural as deeply rooted in the historical tradition of the pastoral mode even as it complicates and extends it. It shows that in addition to reinstating the original tensions of classical pastoral, Hardy dramatizes a heightened awareness of complex communities and the relations of class, labour, and gender.

subjects: Hardy, thomas, 1840-1928,  English fiction, history and criticism,  Criticism and interpretation,  Rural conditions in literature,  History and criticism,  English Pastoral fiction,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh