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The Thomas Hardy Journal is published each autumn. Over the past three decades, it has become an important force in international Hardy scholarship. While it continues to update members on Society ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Thomas Hardy Journal is published each autumn. Over the past three decades, it has become an important force in international ...

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset, England, on June 2, 1840. A fiction writer as well as a poet, he published eight collections of poetry, including "Poems of the Past and the Present" (Harper & Bros., ...

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Thomas Hardy's love poetry, which was inspired by the death of his first wife Emma, has been celebrated at a service to mark 100 years since her death. The memorial service at St Michael's Church, ...

The manuscripts sets the poem 'O, I won't lead a homely life' to music A manuscript on which Thomas Hardy set one of his poems to music has been sold for £5,000 at auction. The 16-bar melody in D ...

In traditional Scottish gardens, are outdoor chrysanthemums still sporting their bronze and white curlicues and distinctive scent above the brown soil; or have they been vanquished by the utilitarian, ...