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The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hardy: Volume V: The Dynasts, Part Third; The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall; The Play of 'Saint George'; 'O Jan, O Jan, O Jan' (Hardcover)
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The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hardy: Volume V: The Dynasts, Part Third; The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall; The Play of 'Saint George'; 'O Jan, O Jan, O Jan' (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford English Texts
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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 Hardy was interested in dramatic verse 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 it 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 began in 1916 and completed in 1923.
In addition to the two major dramas this volume includes 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. Appendices
add further information on the production and performance of these
works.
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