| The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy 1984 Edition Contributor(s): Hardy, Thomas (Author), Millgate, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0333294416 ISBN-13: 9780333294413 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1985 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (2.16 lbs) 604 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the literary world's great deceptions was perpetrated when Thomas Hardy wrote his Life in secret for publication after his death as an official biography. Since the true circumstances of its composition have been known The Early Life and Later Years of Thomas Hardy, published over the name of Florence Emily Hardy, has frequently been referred to as Hardy's autobiography. But this is not the whole truth: Florence altered much of what Hardy meant to appear in his 'biography'. Through careful examination of pre- publication texts, Michael Millgate has retrieved the text as it stood at the time of Hardy's final revision. For the first time The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy can be read as a true work of autobiography - an addition to the Hardy canon. |