Celebrating Thomas Hardy

1. Front Matter

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2. Thomas Hardy’s Poetry: Poetic Apprehension and Poetic Method

   • James Gibson

   Pages 1-21

3. Moments of Vision — and After

   • Laurence Lerner

   Pages 22-38

4. Stability and Subversion: Thomas Hardy’s Voices

   • Lance St John Butler

   Pages 39-53

5. Thomas Hardy and John Clare: A Soil Observed, a Soil Ploughed

   • Ronald Blythe

   Pages 54-67

6. Hardy’s Friend William Barnes

   • Peter Levi

   Pages 68-89

7. Hardy and Decadence

   • Gillian Beer

   Pages 90-102

8. Hardy, George Moore and the ‘Doll’ of English Fiction

   • Simon Curtis

   Pages 103-114

9. ‘Wives All’: Emma and Florence Hardy

   • Michael Millgate

   Pages 115-135

10. Bodily Transactions: Toni Morrison and Thomas Hardy in Literary Discourse

    • Rosemarie Morgan

    Pages 136-158

11. The Far and the Near: On Reading Thomas Hardy Today

    • Peter Rothermel

    Pages 159-176

12. Hardy, The Hand of Ethelberta, and Some Persisting English Discomforts

    • Edward Blishen

    Pages 177-195

13. Back Matter

    Pages 196-200

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The essays collected in Celebrating Thomas Hardy include both scholarly studies by leading academics and personal appreciations by perceptive readers and writers. The volume is therefore both a substantial contribution to Hardy studies, which will be valuable to students and academics, and an approachable companion to Hardy for enthusiasts. Responding with a wide variety of subjects and approaches to Hardy's varied 'voices', the volume particularly emphasises Hardy's connections with other writers, from John Clare to Toni Morrison.

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