The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521562027)

The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy is an essential introduction to this most enigmatic of writers. These newly commissioned essays from an international team of contributors comprise a general overview of all of Thomas Hardy's work and specific demonstrations of his ideas and literary skills. Individual essays explore Hardy's biography, aesthetics, his famous attachment to Wessex, and the impact on his work of developments in science, religion and philosophy in the late-nineteenth century. The volume also contains a detailed chronology of Hardy's life, and a guide to further reading.

Author: Dale Kramer
ISBN-10: 0521562023
ISBN-13: 9780521562027
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/24/1999
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2000 pg. 193