Literature Network » Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy: observation, memory and imagination.(Book review)

Content courtesy of

From: Queen's Quarterly
Date: 20070622
Author:Malcolmson, Patricia

Michael Millgate, Thomas Hardy: A Biography Revisited (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Claire Tomalin, Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man (Viking, 2006).

THOMAS HARDY, in common with many great writers, harvested his life for his art. He routinely kept careful notes of people, places, and events, and he used and reused these notes as the raw material for his writing. He is famous for his use of the topography of rural Dorset (the fictional Wessex), which he described with such precision that one can still follow the paths he wrote about.[1] Shortly after the publication of ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Other Articles on Thomas Hardy

About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.