Wessex Poems And Other Verses
Author: Hardy, Thomas
ISBN: 9780241303139
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 30 Oct 2017
Pages: 144
Format: Hardback
A collectible new Penguin Classics series: beautiful, slim, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets
Wessex Poems was Hardy's first collection of poetry, published after he had turned away from novel writing, disillusioned by the savage reception Jude the Obscure had received. Its publication marked the start of an extraordinary new phase in Hardy's writing career: for the rest of his long life, he would write only poetry. Here are sprightly Dorset ballads, verses set during the Napoleonic Wars, and personal poems reflecting on Hardy's life and loves. Composed throughout Hardy's life and animated by his affection for his beloved Wessex, their publication in 1898 heralded the arrival of a major new poetic voice.
ISBN: 9780241303139
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 30 Oct 2017
Pages: 144
Format: Hardback
A collectible new Penguin Classics series: beautiful, slim, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets
Wessex Poems was Hardy's first collection of poetry, published after he had turned away from novel writing, disillusioned by the savage reception Jude the Obscure had received. Its publication marked the start of an extraordinary new phase in Hardy's writing career: for the rest of his long life, he would write only poetry. Here are sprightly Dorset ballads, verses set during the Napoleonic Wars, and personal poems reflecting on Hardy's life and loves. Composed throughout Hardy's life and animated by his affection for his beloved Wessex, their publication in 1898 heralded the arrival of a major new poetic voice.
