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In the sphere of poets like Swift, Meredith and Kipling, Thomas Hardy is today becoming recognized as one of the greatest English poets of this century. As a young man with interests in journalism, art, and architecture, Hardy achieved greatness in the fiction genre early on, writing novels for a living until his mid-fifties. He then abandoned fiction entirely in order to devote himself to his true passion-poetry. This ample selection of poems demonstrates...
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Extrait : "Le maître d'école quittait le village et chacun semblait attristé. Le meunier de Cresscombe lui avait prêté son cheval et sa petite charrette à bâche blanche pour transporter son mobilier à la ville o il devait se rendre, environ à vingt milles de là. Un tel véhicule était de dimensions suffisantes pour contenir les effets du magister qui s'en allait."
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The second collection of poetry from the author of such classics as Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd.
Although well known for his novels, like Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy also wrote poetry throughout his life. Poems of the Past and the Present is Hardy's second volume of poetry, originally published in 1901. This wide-ranging collection is divided into five sections: War Poems, Poems of Pilgrimage, Miscellaneous Poems,...
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