Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

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Born of humble parents at Upper Bockhampton, near Dorchester. When left

Born of humble parents at Upper Bockhampton, near Dorchester.
When left

school, was apprenticed to a local architect and church restorer.

1. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

Thomas Hardy

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Read the works of Comte, Mill, Darwin, which helped shape his

Read the works of Comte, Mill, Darwin, which helped shape his

thought.
The philosophy of his works echoes Schopenhauer’s The World as Will and Idea, with the Immanent Will which makes notions of free will illusory.

Thomas Hardy

1. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

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Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) Far From the Madding Crowd (1874)

Under the Greenwood Tree (1872)
Far From the Madding Crowd (1874)
The Return

of the Native (1878)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886)

2. Hardy’s works

The Hardy cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester

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2. Hardy’s works The Woodlanders (1887) Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1891)

2. Hardy’s works

The Woodlanders (1887)
Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1891)
Jude the Obscure

(1895)
Wessex Poems (1928)

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The Hardy cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester

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Interest in the life of the peasants in an age of

Interest in the life of the peasants in an age of

decline and decay of peasantry.
Nostalgia for the pastoral and patriarchal way of life.
Deterministic view, deprived of the consolation of Divine order.
Man’s life controlled by hostile, cruel fate, «insensible chance».

3. Features of Hardy’s novels

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A contemporary edition of The Return of the Native.

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Superb sense of place: description of ruins of churches, towers, walls,

Superb sense of place: description of ruins of churches, towers, walls,

but also important monuments like Stonehenge.
Love of detail to strengthen the final effect ? a naturalistic approach.

3. Features of Hardy’s novels

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A contemporary edition of Far from the Madding Crowd.

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4. Hardy’s style Use of colour strongly linked to emotion and

4. Hardy’s style

Use of colour strongly linked to emotion and experience,

especially connected with natural landscape.
Victorian omniscient narrator.
Use of cinematic techniques similar to the «camera eye» and the «zoom».

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Hardy and his dog.

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