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In the mid- late 1800s and early 1900s, Thomas Hardy produced a plethora of eclectic works that were considered too candid and even sacrilegious for their time. Hardy's publishing of fiction, drama, poetry, and the short story ranks him with Shakespeare, one of few other authors in the English language to write major works in more than one literary genre. Growing up, Hardy apprenticed as an architect but soon realized his true calling was writing. He based much of his work on his homeland and local culture in England, creating the fictional county of Wessex, the setting for most of his works. This companion explores the life of Hardy, examining his career and most important works. Ideal for high school and undergraduate students, as well as readers with a general interest in Hardy's life and works, this book takes a close look at Hardy's unconventional works and why he ultimately decided to abandon novel-writing in favor of his first love-poetry.

First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The manuscript of Hardy's first great novel Far From the Madding Crowd vanished shortly after its first publication. Rediscovered in 1918 it sheds remarkable new light on the whole of Hardy's work. The manuscript pages, some of which are reproduced here in facsimile, reveal Hardy's original composition in the novel, and the reluctantly `cancelled words' which were the result of a long struggle with Sir Leslie Stephen, Hardy's editor. Cancelled Words reveals the manner in which Hardy worked, his resistance to censorship, his obsessive attention to detail and precision, and the often concealed processes underlying his authorship. Ultimately, it serves to shape our understanding of the development of the modern novel.

The manuscript of Hardy's first great novel Far From the Madding Crowd vanished shortly after its first publication. Rediscovered in 1918 it sheds remarkable new light on the whole of Hardy's work. The manuscript pages, some of which are reproduced here in facsimile, reveal Hardy's original composition in the novel, and the reluctantly `cancelled words' which were the result of a long struggle with Sir Leslie Stephen, Hardy's editor. Cancelled Words reveals the manner in which Hardy worked, his resistance to censorship, his obsessive attention to detail and precision, and the often concealed processes underlying his authorship. Ultimately, it serves to shape our understanding of the development of the modern novel.

The women in Thomas Hardy's novels appear to have no control over their conduct or their destiny. In this book, Rosemarie Morgan argues a contrary case. Hardy's women struggle, sometimes winning, often losing, but they are not tame objects to be manipulated. Their resistance emerges in their sexuality, a quality which Hardy was often forced to cloak or disguise. Rosemarie Morgan resurrects Hardy's voluptuous heroines and restores to them the physical, sexual reality which Hardy sees as their birthright, but which the male-dominated world they inhabit seeks to deny them, both within and beyond the novel.

Brief description of The Hardy ReviewThe Hardy Review is the journal of The Thomas Hardy Association and is the premier journal devoted to the scholarly study of Thomas Hardy. Past issues have included symposia on Hardy and film, Hardy and dance, as well as papers from the international Hardy conferences. Individual papers in TTHA's Uncollected Items series (items unpublished to date), include first newspaper printings of Hardy's poems, pirated editions of his novels, uncollected articles and original literary resources, Peer-reviewed essays submitted by world-class scholars, recent graduate students and lay readers alike have drawn favorable attention, notably Andrew Radford on Two on a Tower (vol IV), and A Laodicean (vol V), Michael Rabiger on Hardy and Moule (vol XIII-ii) Richard Sylvia on the Henniker/Dillon affair (Vol XIII-ii) and Rosemarie Morgan's essay, "Thomas Hardy Buys a Wife" (vol VIII). The Hardy Review also publishes TTHA's Poem-of-the-Month seminar and works by acclaimed Living Poets. Go To: http: //www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ ttha/Welcome/welcomet.ht

The Hardy Review is a publication of The Thomas Hardy Association and the premier journal devoted to the scholarly study of Thomas Hardy. TTHA's original and highly praised Uncollected Items series (uncollected, even by Purdy), include unnoticed newspaper printings of Hardy's poems, pirated editions of his novels, uncollected articles and original literary resources. Peer-reviewed essays submitted by world-class scholars, graduate students and lay readers alike have drawn worldwide attention, for example, Andrew Radford's "Two on a Tower" (vol IV), & "A Laodicean" (vol V), Michael Rabiger's highly controversial "Hardy and Moule" (vol XIII-ii), Richard Sylvia's dilatory "Henniker/Dillon affair" (Vol XIII-ii), Rosemarie Morgan's outstanding piece of research on "Thomas Hardy Buys a Wife" (vol VIII), Hugh Epstein's, "Vision, Substance and Literary Style in A Laodicean" (vol XIV-i), Herbert Tucker's "At the Bottom Line: How Hardy Tries Conclusions" (Vol XIV-ii), Keith Clavin's "History of Negation: Liberty and Coercion in Jude (Vol XIV-ii), and the entire collection of scholarly essays from the FATHOM conference in Istanbul (2012). More recent issues have featured the incomparable research work of Roy Winnick who has unearthed more than two dozen previously unknown allusion sources in Hardy. Past issues have also included symposia on Hardy and film, Hardy and dance, as well as papers from international Hardy conferences. The Hardy Review also publishes book reviews, selections from TTHA's Poem-of-the-Month seminar and works by acclaimed Living Poets. A new series on Hardy Abroad features historical approaches to Hardy's reception across the globe - thus far, Hardy in Israel, Hardy in India, Hardy in China, Hardy in France, Hardy in Italy, Hardy in Latvia and more.