| The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy: Volume 6: 1920-1925 Contributor(s): Hardy, Thomas (Author), Purdy, Richard Little (Editor), Millgate, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198126239 ISBN-13: 9780198126232 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $251.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1987 Annotation: From reviews of previous volumes: "Has the qualities that a great edition should have: it is meticulously thorough and accurate, and its aids to the reader are clear and comprehensive."--Times Literary Supplement. "An indispensable work of scholarship."--Nineteenth-Century Fiction. The correspondents in this volume range widely--from Edmund Gosse and Walter de la Mare to Ezra Pound--and the letters show an aging Hardy still deeply involved in all aspects of his professional life The nearly 700 letters, most of which have never been published, are supplemented by scrupulous annotation and extensive cross-referencing, by a chronology covering Hardy's entire career, and by an index of correspondents included in this volume. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Collections | Letters - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.59 lbs) 390 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From reviews of previous volumes: Has the qualities that a great edition should have: it is meticulously thorough and accurate, and its aids to the reader are clear and comprehensive.--Times Literary Supplement. An indispensable work of scholarship.--Nineteenth-Century Fiction. The correspondents in this volume range widely--from Edmund Gosse and Walter de la Mare to Ezra Pound--and the letters show an aging Hardy still deeply involved in all aspects of his professional life The nearly 700 letters, most of which have never been published, are supplemented by scrupulous annotation and extensive cross-referencing, by a chronology covering Hardy's entire career, and by an index of correspondents included in this volume. |