Recovering the rural : form, dialect and society in the poetry of Thomas Hardy

In this thesis I identify the limited research into Hardy's use of dialect and metre in his poetry. I argue that critics assume a narrow textual approach that disregards Hardy’s broad thematic, linguistic and metrical range. To redress this anomaly, I propose a broader critical methodology whic...

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Main Author: Hawkins, Heather
Published: Nottingham Trent University 2018
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.757598