Thomas Hardy‚ OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist‚ in the tradition of George Eliot‚ he was also influenced both in his novels and poetry by Romanticism‚ especially by William Wordsworth.[1] Charles Dickens is another important influence on Thomas Hardy.[2] Like Dickens‚ he was also highly critical of much in Victorian society‚ though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life‚ and regarded himself
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Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy‚ written by Trevor Johnson‚ is the detailed journey through the life of one of England’s greatest writers. This biography describes some of the major details of his life such as his family‚ his education‚ and his major works. 	Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 at the Village of Upper Bochampton. He was the child of a country stonemason. Hardy was the third Thomas of his family. His mother’s maiden name was Jemima Hand and she and her husband led Hardy to have an
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Profesorado Superior de Lenguas Vivas Teacher’s name: Susana Company Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy was born in June the 2nd in 1840 in Higher Bockhampton‚ a hamlet in the parish of Stinsford to the east of Dorchester in Dorset‚ England; and died in January the 11th in 1928 due pleurisy in December 1927. He was an English novelist‚ poet and a Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot; he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism‚ especially William Wordsworth. Charles
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World as Terrible According to one of the Thomas Hardy’s autobiography‚ he presents a picture of himself as a sensitive young man who attended church regularly and believed in a personal God who ruled the universe. Then when Hardy went to London in his early twenties and discovered such intellectual ferment as caused by Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species by Means and Natural Selection” (1859)‚ Hardy then lost his faith and never recovered it. Hardy then began to see the world without any ruler
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Addison Keim Professor Hirschberg Modern English Poetry April 30‚ 2014 Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy is known to be one of the most renowned poets and novelists in the history of English literature. He was born in the English village known as Higher Bockhampton in the county of Dorset in the year 1840. Hardy was the son of a builder and worked as an architectural apprentice for six years‚ and an ecclesiastical architect for eleven. When finished with these jobs‚ however‚ he turned entirely
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Biography of Thomas hardy Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet who set much of his work in Wessex‚ his name for the counties of southwestern England. He initially pursued architecture‚ his father’s work‚ but after finding success in his novel Far from the Madding Crowd(1874)‚ he gave it up and wrote with abandon. His works ultimately question the Victorian status quo and asks what else would make more sense. Thomas Hardy’s life can be divided into three phases. The first phase (1840-1870)
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poems NEUTRAL TONES by: Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) E stood by a pond that winter day‚ And the sun was white‚ as though chidden of God‚ And a few leaves lay on the starving sod‚ --They had fallen from an ash‚ and were gray. Your eyes on me were as eyes that rove Over tedious riddles solved years ago; And some words played between us to and fro-- On which lost the more by our love. The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing Alive enough to have strength to die; And a grin of
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for example‚ the host is probable to kill his wife or punish her. Another possibility is that she may be regret the wrong behavior and ask for condone. The Workbox is a powerful and irony poem from Thomas Hardy. The dialogue between the couple makes us have obvious pictures of the tale. Thomas Hardy would make use of the comparison to make readers impressed‚ such as character’s actions and sayings. I really admire that the writer has such intelligence. Although the poem is not long‚ it sends us
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tragedy is often discussed in terms of this book. Fascinated by Greek tragedy‚ Hardy uses tragic circumstances to enhance the Wessex countryside and its inhabitants. By doing so he not only develops his story‚ but attains a certain grandeur for his novel. His first attempts at tragedy were The Return of the Native and The Mayor of Casterbridge‚ but Tess of the d’Urbervilles is the culmination of his efforts. In this work‚ Hardy projects ancient drama into modern novel form. To accomplish this‚ he models
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| HAP (1865) | | If but some vengeful god would call to me From up the sky‚ and laugh: "Thou suffering thing‚ Know that thy sorrow is my ecstasy‚ That thy love’s loss is my hate’s profiting!" Then would I bear‚ and clench myself‚ and die‚ Steeled by the sense of ire unmerited; Half-eased‚ in‚ that a Powerfuller than I Had willed and meted me the tears I shed. But not so. How arrives it joy lies slain‚ And why unblooms the best hope ever sown? --Crass Casualty obstructs the sun and rain‚ And
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