The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hardy: Volume IV: The Dynasts, Parts First and Second (Hardcover)

Volumes IV and V of the Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hardy, which complete the edition, contain all of his dramatic writing in verse. Hardy was interested in verse drama all his adult life; before he wrote his first novel he considered writing plays in blank verse, and during the thirty years of his novel-writing career he entered in his notebooks many schemes for a vast poetic drama of England's wars with Napoleon. But is was not until after he had turned from fiction to poetry, in the 1890s, that he actually began to work on a poetic drama. The Dynasts was written between 1902 and 1907; The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall was begun in 1916 and completed in 1923. In addition to the two major dramas these volumes include Hardy's versions of two folk-pieces: the Mummers' Play of Saint George' and the rustic operetta O Jan, O Jan, O Jan' (here published for the first time). Textual annotations, together with a full account of the rough draft of Part Third of The Dynasts, make it possible for the reader to follow the history of the composition of Hardy's epic drama in unusual detail. Explanatory notes to each of the dramatic works describe its composition and publication, and provide supporting material from Hardy's letters and notebooks.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford English Texts
Release date:	February 1995
First published:	February 1995
Authors:	Thomas Hardy
Editors:	Samuel Hynes (Woodrow Wilson Professor of English Emeritus)
Dimensions:	223 x 142 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	452
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-812785-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-812785-5
Barcode:	9780198127857

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