Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) was the author of such beloved literary classics as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). His territory was the fictional region of Wessex, a rural world in decline where his characters waged epic battles between passion and circumstance. Hardy was highly critical of the Victorians and they, in turn, criticized him. After Jude the Obscure was nicknamed Jude the Obscene, he focused on poetry, composing a number of significant works whose admirers included Robert Frost, W. H. Auden, and Dylan Thomas.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Neutral Tones, poetry, in Spring 2015
- Jude the Obscure, a review or criticism, in Fall 2009