Презентация на тему The life and poetry of thomas hardy

1840 in Higher Bockhampton in this cottage. Throughout his

life, he would fondly remember this house and frequently visit it.

Hardy spent his early life singing in the church choir with his father.

His father was a successful mason and offered his son a good education. His mother fostered in him a love of literature, at school he learned to read Latin, while at home he taught himself Greek. When he was sixteen he finished his formal education.

Hardy moved to London to become an architect. Hardy

was determined to become a great poet and he began writing in earnest in his spare time. He sent his verses to literary magazines throughout the capital but none were accepted. In 1867, bored by his work and disappointed by his lack of success as a poet, he moved back to Dorset.

status. She had a very interesting personality and was

always remember by visitors to the Hardy household. She died in 1912.

Thomas and Emma Hardy resided at Max Gate from 1884 onward.

Hardy first met his future wife, Emma Gifford, at st. Juliot’s rectory in 1872. They married in 1874. This chance meeting would shape the next 40 years of Hardy’s life.

Emma’s death in 1912, Florence and Hardy married and

continued to live at Max Gate.

Hardy died on January 11, 1928.

the modern poets, who are suspicious of writing well.

Younger poets like W.H. Auden studying at Oxford, read Hardy, when they were looking for inspiration for their own craft. Auden wrote later,” My first Master was Thomas Hardy, and I think I was lucky in my choice. He was a good poet, perhaps a great one, but not too good. Much as I loved him, even I could see that his diction was often clumsy and forced and that a lot of his poems were plain bad. This gave me hope, where a flawless poet would have given me despair. He was modern without being too modern…
Hardy’s first volume of poetry, Wessex Poems, was published in 1898.

into three classes:

summer of 1867, The Poor Man and the Lady.

. Although this first novel was not accepted for publication, his second one, Desperate Remedies, was published in 1871. Thirteen more novels were to follow.

Although writing novels gave him financial success, as a form it remained for him a compromise to poetry. In 1895 when his latest novel, Jude the Obscure, was lampooned, Jude the Obscene, he turned back to poetry. Ignoring the critics poor reception of his verse, he continued writing and published eight volumes between 1898 and 1928.

financial success, as a form it remained for him

a compromise to poetry. In 1895 when his latest novel, Jude the Obscure, was lampooned, Jude the Obscene, he turned back to poetry. Ignoring the critics poor reception of his verse, he continued writing and published eight volumes between 1898 and 1928. One of the most common elements seen throughout Hardy’s poetry is his use of autobiographical information within the poems.

this was a favored theme. Love was never reciprocated

or happy, but tedious and marked with infidelity. The poems of 1912-1913 written after Emma’s death are also considered love poems.

He wrote of war, nature, friendship, bereavement and love and marriage.