Bibliograph

Thomas Hardy, half a Londoner, Mark Ford

Type

Label

Thomas Hardy, half a Londoner, Mark Ford

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thomas Hardy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

946032021

Responsibility statement

Mark Ford

Sub title

half a Londoner

Summary

Because Thomas Hardy is so closely associated with the rural Wessex of his novels, stories, and poems, it is easy to forget that he was, in his own words, half a Londoner. Focusing on the formative five years in his early twenties when Hardy lived in the city, but also on his subsequent movement back and forth between Dorset and the capital, Mark Ford shows that the Dorset-London axis is critical to an understanding of his identity as a man and his achievement as a writer. Thomas Hardy: Half a Londoner presents a detailed account of Hardy's London experiences, from his arrival as a shy, impressionable youth, to his embrace of radical views, to his lionization by upper-class hostesses eager to fête the creator of Tess. --, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: In death divided -- The cries of London -- Only practical men are wanted here -- Crass clanging town -- Power & purpose -- The hand of E. (I) -- The hand of E. (II) -- Literary London (I) -- Literary London (II) -- The well-beloved -- London streets and interiors -- Epilogue: Christmas in the Elgin room

Target audience

adult

Classification