Description
Product ID: | 9780140433418 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Selected Poems |
Authors: | Author: Thomas Hardy, Harry Thomas |
Page Count: | 272 |
Subjects: | Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 , Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Dutch |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1993-11-25 |