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Thomas Hardy was the foremost novelist of his time, as well as an established poet. Author of Jude the Obscure and Far from the Madding Crowd, Hardy reflected in his works the dynamics of social, intellectual and aesthetic change in nineteenth-century England. This guide provides students with a lucid introduction to Hardy's life and works and the basis for a sound comprehension of his work, including: * the major aspects of Hardy's life in the context of contemporary culture * a detailed commentary on Hardy's most important work and a critical map of Hardy's complete writing * an outline of the vast body of criticism that has built up around Hardy's work with examples of recent critical debate. Exposition and guide, this volume enables readers to form their own readings of one of the most important writers of the nineteenth century.
Thomas Hardy was the foremost novelist of his time, as well as an established poet. Author of Jude the Obscure and Far from the Madding Crowd, Hardy reflected in his works the dynamics of social, intellectual and aesthetic change in nineteenth-century England. This guide provides students with a lucid introduction to Hardy's life and works and the basis for a sound comprehension of his work, including: * the major aspects of Hardy's life in the context of contemporary culture * a detailed commentary on Hardy's most important work and a critical map of Hardy's complete writing * an outline of the vast body of criticism that has built up around Hardy's work with examples of recent critical debate. Exposition and guide, this volume enables readers to form their own readings of one of the most important writers of the nineteenth century.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81) was one of the most important political
figures in 19th century Britain. However, before rising to
political prominence he had established himself as a major literary
figure. This set takes a critical look at Disraeli's early work.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81) was one of the most important political
figures in 19th century Britain. However, before rising to
political prominence he had established himself as a major literary
figure. This set takes a critical look at Disraeli's early work.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81) was one of the most important political
figures in 19th century Britain. However, before rising to
political prominence he had established himself as a major literary
figure. This set takes a critical look at Disraeli's early work.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81) was one of the most important political
figures in 19th century Britain. However, before rising to
political prominence he had established himself as a major literary
figure. This set takes a critical look at Disraeli's early work.
`Other works may excel this in depth of thought and knowledge of
human nature: other books may rival it in originality and size;
but, for hopeless and incurable vivacity, nothing yet discovered
can surpass it.' (Jerome, Preface to Three Men in a Boat). Three
Men in a Boat describes a comic expedition by middle-class
Victorians up the Thames to Oxford. It provides brilliant
snap-shots of London's playground in the late 1880s, where the
fashionable steam-launches of river swells encounter the hired
skiffs of city clerks. The medley of social vignettes, farcical
incidents, descriptions of river fashions, and reflections on the
Thames's history, is interspersed with humorous anecdotes told by a
natural raconteur. Three Men on the Bummel records a similar
escapade, a break from the claustrophobia of suburban life some ten
years later; their cycling tour in the Black Forest, at the height
of the new bicycling craze, affords Jerome the opportunity for a
light-hearted scrutiny of German social customs at a time of
increasing general interest in a country that he loved. This
account of middle-aged Englishmen abroad is spiced with typical
Jeromian humour. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford
World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature
from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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The Forsyte Saga (Paperback)
John Galsworthy; Edited by Geoffrey Harvey
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R430
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The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the
ebbing social power of the commerical upper-middle class Forsyte
family between 1886 and 1920. Soames Forsyte is the brilliantly
portrayed central figure, a Victorian who outlives the age, and
whose baffled passion for his beautiful but unresponsive wife Irene
reverberates throughout the saga. Written with both compassion and
ironic detachment, Galsworthy's masterly narrative examines not
only the family's fortunes but also the wider developments within
society, particularly the changing position of women in an
intensely competitive male world. Above all, Galsworthy is
concerned with the conflict at the heart of English culture between
the soulless materialism of wealth and property and the humane
instincts of love, beauty, and art. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100
years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range
of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume
reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most
accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including
expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to
clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and
much more.
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The Warden (Paperback)
Anthony Trollope; Edited by Geoffrey Harvey
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R752
Discovery Miles 7 520
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"This edition has everything the student or the general reader
could require. I recommend it unreservedly." -- T.T. Bareham,
editor of The Barsetshire Novels: A Casebook
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