{"product_id":"the-later-years-of-thomas-hardy-1892-1928-paperback-9781108033824","title":"The Later Years of Thomas Hardy, 1892–1928 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108033824","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Later Years of Thomas Hardy, 1892–1928\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe second volume (1930) of a fascinating account of Hardy's life, compiled by him in collaboration with his second wife.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFlorence Emily Hardy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108033824, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 September 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e330 pages, 12 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe great English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) worked with his second wife, Florence, on this account of his life. It was published under her name, in two separate volumes, after his death. Its origins are as fascinating as the man himself: written in the third person, it was compiled from Hardy's selections from his diaries, notebooks and letters, typed up by Florence and further edited by her after he died. The work provides an invaluable, if idiosyncratic, record of Hardy's life and complex, contradictory character. This is the second volume, published in 1930 and covering the period 1892–1928. It includes the publication of Jude the Obscure (1895) and its hostile reception, Hardy's return to writing poetry, the creation of his epic drama The Dynasts (1908), the death of Emma, his first wife, Hardy's response to World War I, and his marriage to Florence Dugdale.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Tess, Jude, and the End of Prose: 1. The reception of the book, 1892\u003cbr\u003e 2. Visits and intermittent writing, 1893\u003cbr\u003e 3. Another novel finished, mutilated, and restored, 1894–5\u003cbr\u003e 4. More on Jude, and issue of The Well-Beloved, 1896–7\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Verse, to the End of The Dynasts: 5. Collecting old poems and making new, 1897–8\u003cbr\u003e 6. Wessex Poems and others, 1899–1900\u003cbr\u003e 7. Poems of the Past and Present, and others, 1901–3\u003cbr\u003e 8. Part first of The Dynasts, 1904–5\u003cbr\u003e 9. The remainder of The Dynasts, 1906–8\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Time's Laughingstocks, Satires of Circumstance, and Moments of Vision: 10. Deaths of Swinburne and Meredith, 1908–9\u003cbr\u003e 11. The freedom of the borough, 1910\u003cbr\u003e 12. Bereavement, 1911–12\u003cbr\u003e 13. Revisitings, second marriage, and war writings, 1913–14\u003cbr\u003e 14. War efforts, deaths of relatives, and Moments of Vision, 1915–17\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Life's Decline: 15. Reflections on poetry, 1918\u003cbr\u003e 16. Poetical questions: and Mellstock club-room, 1918–19\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Dynasts at Oxford\u003cbr\u003e hon. degree\u003cbr\u003e a deputation\u003cbr\u003e a controversy, 1920\u003cbr\u003e 18. Some farewells, 1921–5\u003cbr\u003e 19. The last scene\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005455847704,"sku":"9781108033824","price":29.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108033824i_ac5a43e6-658c-4bfc-8316-94dc24afdb7e.jpg?v=1694873762","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-later-years-of-thomas-hardy-1892-1928-paperback-9781108033824","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}