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| Name: |
Thomas Hardy | | Birth Date: |
June 2, 1840 | | Death Date: |
January 11, 1928 | | Place of Birth: |
Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer, author, novelist, poet, dramatist |
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 Biography of Thomas Hardy
1424 words, approx. 4.7 pages
 The works of the English novelist, poet, and dramatist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) unite the Victorian and modern eras. They reveal him to be a kind and gentle man, terribly aware of the pain human beings suffer in their struggle for life. Thomas Hardy pres... summary from source:
Biography of Thomas Hardy
12938 words, approx. 43.1 pages
 In the later years of his long life, Thomas Hardy was probably the most famous English man of letters of his time, his reputation extending throughout the world. He is now generally regarded as both a major late-Victorian novelist and a major twentieth-c... summary from source:
 Biography of Thomas Hardy
12533 words, approx. 41.8 pages
In the later years of his long life, Thomas Hardy was probably the most famous English man of letters of his time, his reputation extending throughout the world. He is now generally regarded as both a major late-Victorian novelist and a major twentieth-c...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Far from the Madding Crowd Information
2,382 words, approx. 8 pages
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major literary success. It originally appeared, anonymously, as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership; critical notices, too, were...
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 The New York Observer Billyburg Blues: Graham Avenue Greets Tragic Hip
1/22/2006: 1,123 words, approx. 4 pagesLike many Manhattanites who have fled downtown for Brooklyn, I was desperately seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, to carve out a living space far from the madding crowd. What I found in the cluster of modest streets radiating from the... summary from source:
The New York Observer Billyburg Blues: Graham Avenue Greets Tragic Hip
1/22/2006: 1,122 words, approx. 4 pagesLike many Manhattanites who have fled downtown for Brooklyn, I was desperately seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, to carve out a living space far from the madding crowd. What I found in the cluster of modest streets radiating from the... summary from source:
The New York Observer Distilled in Brooklyn\'d1 A Fine Historical Novel
4/16/2006: 1,315 words, approx. 4 pagesWe treasure and enjoy some novelists because they offer us a world, and let us feel we can enter it like original inhabitants. It’s a going home, even if we’ve never been there before. I’ve heard of Americans so intoxicated by the novels of Thomas... summary from source:
The New York Observer Distilled in Brooklyn- A Fine Historical Novel
4/16/2006: 1,313 words, approx. 4 pagesWe treasure and enjoy some novelists because they offer us a world, and let us feel we can enter it like original inhabitants. It’s a going home, even if we’ve never been there before. I’ve heard of Americans so intoxicated by the novels of Thomas...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Robert M. Polhemus
14,407 words, approx. 48 pages
In the following chapter from his full-length study of eroticism in the works of several novelists, Polhemus examines representations of love and pastoralism in Far from the Madding Crowd, using Claude Lorrain's painting Judgment of Paris as a point of comparison.
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Critical Essay by H. M. Daleski
11,003 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Daleski analyzes the forms of love in Far from the Madding Crowd, placing it in the context of later novels.
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Critical Essay by Dale Kramer
9,849 words, approx. 33 pages
In the following chapter from his study of Hardy and classic tragic forms, Kramer asserts that Far from the Madding Crowd is not a tragedy but does exhibit some of the tragic dichotomies, which would appear in later novels.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 96%Gabriel Oak's Encounters with Bathsheba Everdene and Fanny Robin
880 words, approx. 3 pages
A comparison between two scenes in Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy and what they reveal about the main character. This is contrast and comparison between Gabriel Oak's first encounter with Bathsheba Everdene and his meeting with Fanny Robin. What these scenes reveal about the character of Gabriel Oak is also analyzed.
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Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy | |
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