Woman Much Missed is the first book-length study of the many poems
(over 150) that Thomas Hardy composed in the wake of the death of
his first wife Emma in November of 1912. Mark Ford uses these poems
to develop a narrative of their four-year courtship on the remote
and romantic coast of Cornwall where they met, and then follows
Thomas's poetic recreation of the slow degeneration of their
marriage and their embittered final decade. Ford shows how Emma's
writings and experiences during this time were fundamental to
Thomas's evolution into both a best-selling novelist and into one
of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. Although for over a
decade the marriage between Thomas and Emma had been troubled, and
indeed Emma spent much time during her final years secluded in her
attic rooms above his study, her death stimulated him to write some
of the greatest elegies in English. Twenty-one of these, including
masterpieces such as 'The Voice' (which opens 'Woman much missed,
how you call to me, call to me') and 'After a Journey' were
collected in 'Poems of 1912-13'. While these have received much
attention and are often read by school pupils and university
students alike, his numerous other poems about Emma have only
rarely been discussed. Ford corrects this oversight, providing
accessible and insightful readings from a poet's perspective.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
Mark Ford
(Professor of English and American Literature)
|
Dimensions: |
224 x 145 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-288680-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-19-288680-0 |
Barcode: |
9780192886804 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!