{"product_id":"thomas-hardys-vision-of-wessex-paperback","title":"Thomas Hardy's Vision of Wessex - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. Gatrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWessex did not spring full-born from Hardy's imagination when he began to write. The first part of the book reveals in detail how Wessex became what it is, geographically, socially and culturally, beginning with his fist poem in the 1860s and ending with Winter Words, his last collection of verse. The second (briefer) part is an account of the impact of Hardy's vision of Wessex on twentieth-century English culture, offering an explanation for Hardy's endurance as a popular novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIMON GATRELL is Professor of English at the University of Georgia, USA. He has previously studied the development of the texts of Hardy's fiction in a number of essays, in critical editions of \u003cem\u003eTess of the d'Urbervilles, Under the Greenwood Tree\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Return of the Native\u003c\/em\u003e, and in a full-length account: \u003cem\u003eHardy the Creator: A Textual Biography\u003c\/em\u003e. His most recent book was\u003cem\u003e Thomas Hardy and the Proper Study of Mankind\u003c\/em\u003e, and he is currently completing a biography of the Irish poet William Allingham.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719400788031,"sku":"9781349411276","price":106.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1ee40e4c4cc5a033f531f44134578ca8.webp?v=1765085494","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/thomas-hardys-vision-of-wessex-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}