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Selected Poems

Autor Thomas Hardy Editat de Harry Thomas
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 noi 1993
Although best remembered today for his novels, Thomas Hardy thought of himself as a poet forced by circumstance to write fiction for a living. This generous selection of nearly two hundred poems includes such familiar pieces as "During Wind and Rain," "Channel Firing," "Afterwards," "The Darkling Thrush," and "The Oxen," but it will also acquaint readers with many less-celebrated works, among them "To Lizbie Browne," "After the Last Breath," "My Spirit Will Not Haunt the Mound," "The Haunter," "Old Furniture," "A Procession of Dead Days," "The Harbour Bridge," "At a Country Fair," "Last Love-Word," "Waiting Both," and "Proud Songsters." With an introduction and annotations by Robert Mezey, this Penguin Classics edition will help readers to recognize Hardy as one of the greatest English poets of this century.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780140433418
ISBN-10: 0140433414
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 128 x 197 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840 and became an apprentice architect at the age of sixteen. He spent his twenties in London, where he wrote his first poems. In 1867 Hardy returned to his native Dorset, whose rugged landscape was a great source of inspiration for his writing. Between 1871 and 1897 he wrote fourteen novels, including Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. This final work was received savagely; thereafter Hardy turned away from novels and spent the last thirty year of his life focusing on poetry. He died in 1928.

Descriere

Although best remembered for his novels, Thomas Hardy thought of himself as a poet forced by circumstance to write fiction for a living. This selection of nearly two hundred poems includes pieces, such as "During Wind and Rain", "Channel Firing", "Afterwards", "The Darkling Thrush", "The Oxen", "To Lizbie Browne", and others.

Recenzii

“To recite the titles of poems by Thomas Hardy—‘The Darkling Thrush,’ ‘Channel Firing,’ ‘The Going,’ ‘During Wind and Rain,’ a list that could go on and on—is to compose a love letter to poetry in English. Hardy’s poems have lodged themselves in the heart of the language. In this magnificent selection, David Bromwich presents the verses chosen by the poet himself in 1929, adding a rich further gathering and a graceful and learned introduction. This book is a treasure. An essential volume.”—Rosanna Warren, author of Max Jacob: A Life in Art and Letters

“David Bromwich has produced a memorably good selection of Hardy. All those who already love the poetry will appreciate having a portable anthology done with such intelligence and taste, while new readers could not find a better introduction to this most individual of English poets in all his variety and range. The heart of this volume is the selection that Hardy made from his own poetry—so we have the interest of seeing what Hardy made of himself as well as an open invitation to decide what we make of him ourselves. ‘One can read him for years and years,’ as Philip Larkin said, ‘and still be surprised.’”—Seamus Perry, Balliol College, Oxford

“This selected volume brings Hardy’s most memorable and moving poems to a new generation of readers in an edition that respects the poet by reprinting his own Chosen Poems, respects the reader by adding further poems that speak to the twenty‑first century, and offers an introduction that brings Hardy’s life and poetry into clear and convincing focus.”—Edward Mendelson, Columbia University