Thomas Hardy

Under the Greenwood Tree (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Hardy's second published novel, Under the Greenwood Tree (1872), the first of his great series of Wessex novels, was originally published anonymously. As part of the Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy, this edition of the novel provides readers with an authoritative and accurate text of the novel; moreover it gives access to every revision that Hardy made, and to notations of all the errors introduced by printers' compositors. The annotated text is surrounded by an introduction that gives a very full account of the genesis, the writing and the publishing history of the novel. A range of appendices and comprehensive explanatory notes explore significant aspects of the composition, production and marketing of the novel, touched on in the introduction, to provide a full understanding of the nature and life of this classic work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108340670
• Artikelnr.: 66177641

Autorenporträt

Prominent English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is renowned for having had a significant influence on Victorian and early 20th-century literature. Hardy, who was born in Dorset, England, on June 2, 1840, came from a working-class family to become one of the greatest writers of his day. Hardy explored themes like love, fate, and the conflict between old and modern values in his works, which frequently portrayed the harsh reality of rural life. "The Mayor of Casterbridge" (1886), "The Return of the Native" (1878), "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1874), and "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (1891) are a few notable works. His writing was distinguished by a close relationship to nature and a sharp understanding of human nature. Hardy was a talented poet in addition to his novelist, as evidenced by collections like "Wessex Poems" (1898) and "Poems of the Past and Present" (1902). Hardy's writings were increasingly more well-known throughout the 20th century for their realistic and profound psychological depth. Thomas Hardy's literary talents have ensured his enduring legacy as a master poet and storyteller, notwithstanding some debate around the seeming pessimism in his latter novels.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
General editor's preface
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Abbreviations
Introduction
Under the Greenwood Tree
Variants in punctuation and styling
End-of-line hyphenation
Editorial emendations
Appendix A. Hardy's preface to the Wessex Edition
Appendix B. Under the Greenwood Tree and The Poor Man and the Lady
Appendix C. Detailed analysis of the manuscript
Appendix D. Chapter-division in the manuscript
Appendix E. Watermarks in the manuscript
Appendix F. The compositors of the first edition
Appendix G. Robson's compositors in A Pair of Blue Eyes
Appendix H. Differences between the first and second editions
Appendix I. Printing orders for Under the Greenwood Tree Published by Chatto and Windus and Macmillan
Appendix J. Frontispieces
Appendix K. Description of substantive editions
Explanatory notes.