Woman Much Missed Av Mark (Professor Of English And American Literature Professor Of English And American Literature University College London) Ford

Woman Much Missed Av Mark (Professor Of English And American Literature Professor Of English And American Literature University College London) Ford

Woman Much Missed is the first book-length study of the many poems (over 150) that Thomas Hardy composed in the wake of the death of his first wife Emma in November of 1912. Mark Ford uses these poems to develop a narrative of their four-year courtship on the remote and romantic coast of Cornwall where they met, and then foll......
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Woman Much Missed is the first book-length study of the many poems (over 150) that Thomas Hardy composed in the wake of the death of his first wife Emma in November of 1912. Mark Ford uses these poems to develop a narrative of their four-year courtship on the remote and romantic coast of Cornwall where they met, and then follows Thomas''s poetic recreation of the slow degeneration of their marriage and their embittered final decade. Ford shows how Emma''swritings and experiences during this time were fundamental to Thomas''s evolution into both a best-selling novelist and into one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century.Although for over a decade the marriage between Thomas and Emma had been troubled, and indeed Emma spent much time during her final years secluded in her attic rooms above his study, her death stimulated him to write some of the greatest elegies in English. Twenty-one of these, including masterpieces such as ''The Voice'' (which opens ''Woman much missed, how you
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Woman Much Missed is the first book-length study of the many poems (over 150) that Thomas Hardy composed in the wake of the death of his first wife Emma in November of 1912. Mark Ford uses these poems to develop a narrative of their four-year courtship on the remote and romantic coast of Cornwall where they met, and then follows Thomas''s poetic recreation of the slow degeneration of their marriage and their embittered final decade. Ford shows how Emma''swritings and experiences during this time were fundamental to Thomas''s evolution into both a best-selling novelist and into one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century.Although for over a decade the marriage between Thomas and Emma had been troubled, and indeed Emma spent much time during her final years secluded in her attic rooms above his study, her death stimulated him to write some of the greatest elegies in English. Twenty-one of these, including masterpieces such as ''The Voice'' (which opens ''Woman much missed, how you call to me, call to me'') and ''After a Journey'' were collected in ''Poems of 1912-13''. While these have received much attention and areoften read by school pupils and university students alike, his numerous other poems about Emma have only rarely been discussed. Ford corrects this oversight, providing accessible and insightful readings from a poet''s perspective.

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Oppdag "Woman Much Missed" av Mark Ford

Woman Much Missed er en dyptgående studie av Thomas Hardys poetiske verk, skrevet av Mark Ford, professor i engelsk og amerikansk litteratur ved University College London. Denne boken utforsker over 150 dikt som Hardy skrev etter tapet av sin første kone, Emma, i 1912. Ford vever sammen en narrativ tråd som tar leseren med på en reise gjennom deres romantiske fireårige forhold langs den vakre kysten av Cornwall.

En unik innsikt i Hardys liv og verk

Boken gir en sjelden mulighet til å forstå hvordan Hardys personlige liv påvirket hans litterære produksjon. Her er noen av de mest fremtredende aspektene ved Woman Much Missed:

  • Omfattende analyse: Ford analyserer ikke bare de kjente elegiene, men også de mindre kjente diktene som omhandler Emma.
  • Historisk kontekst: Leseren får et innblikk i hvordan Hardys ekteskap, til tross for sine utfordringer, formet hans utvikling som forfatter.
  • Poetisk dybde: Boken fremhever hvordan Emmas liv og erfaringer var avgjørende for Hardys utvikling til en av det 20. århundres største poeter.

Hvorfor velge "Woman Much Missed"?

Denne boken er ikke bare for litteraturstudenter; den appellerer til alle som ønsker å forstå den menneskelige siden av en stor forfatter. Med sin tilgjengelige stil og innsiktsfulle analyser, gir Mark Ford leserne en dypere forståelse av både Hardy som person og hans litterære arv.

Klar for å dykke inn i Thomas Hardys verden? "Woman Much Missed" er et must-read for alle som ønsker å utforske kjærlighet, tap og kreativitet gjennom poesiens linser.

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