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Modern Literary Tradition  \nISAK DINESEN'S ART:The Gayety of Vision  \nTHE MODERN SPIRIT:Essays on the Continuity ofNineteenth-and Twentieth-Century Literature  \nTHE MYSTERIES OF IDENTITY:A Theme in Modern Literature  \nTHE WORD FROM BELOW:Essays on Modern Literature and CultureSHAKESPEARE'S THE TEMPEST(editor)  \nTHE VICTORIAN AGE:Essays in History and in Socialand Literary Criticism(editor)  \nThomas Hardyin Our Time  \nRobert Langbaum  \n◎ Robert Langbaum 1995  \nAll rights reserved.No reproduction,copy or transmission ofthis publication may be made without written permission.  \nNo paragraph of this publication may be reproduced,copied ortransmitted save with written permission or in accordance withthe provisions of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988,or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copyingissued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,90 Tottenham CourtRoad,London WiP9HE.  \nAny person who does any unauthorised act in relation to thispublication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civilclaims for damages.  \nFirst published in Great Britain 1995 byTHE MACMILLAN PRESS LTDHoundmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG212XSand London  \nCompanies and representativesthroughout the world  \nA catalogue record for this book is availablefrom the British Library.  \n10  98  7  6  5  4  3  2  104030201009998979695  \nISBN 0-333-61075-X  \nPrinted in Great Britain byIpswich Book Co LtdIpswich,Suffolk  \nFirst published in the United States of America 1995 byScholarly and Reference Division,ST.MARTIN'S PRESS,INC.,175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010  \nISBN 0-312-12200-4  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataLangbaum,Robert Woodrow,1924  \nThomas Hardy in our time /Robert Langbaum.p.cm.  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 0-312-12200-4  \n1.Hardy,Thomas,1840-1928-Criticism and interpretation.  \nI.Title.  \nPR4754.L361995823′.8—dc2094-14199CIP  \nContents  \nPrefacevii1 Hardy and Lawrence12 The Issue of Hardy's Poetry273 Versions of Pastoral644 Diversions from Pastoral955 The Minimisation of Sexuality127Notes156Index167  \nTo the memory of Cecil Day Lewiseditor and friendwho adored Hardy  \n# Preface\n\nThere is a boom just now in the production of interesting newbooks on Hardy.Since Hardy wrote so much and with greatunderstanding about women,he is making a special appeal tofeminist critics.And since he criticised his own society and wasespecially revolutionary in his criticism of marriage and the con-ventional ethics of sexuality,he is appealing to politically radicalcritics.Far from apologising for adding still another book to thestream,I am delighted to contribute to so lively a discourse a bookwhich I hope will prove relevant and will succeed in projectingHardy as a still commanding figure for our time.Every genuinecritical act,I believe,is a new start,a fresh encounter betweencritic and author distinguished from all previous encounters,just asevery genuine poem and novel is a fresh encounter between authorand life -life as mediated by the literary tradition.  \nFor this reason Hardy in Our Time is organised,not as a chro-nological survey of all Hardy's work (such surveys have been welldone),but according to my perception of the different currentissues relating to Hardy that need arguing.The major works aretreated in varying degrees of detail;the rest are at least alluded to-the proportions are determined by the requirements of the argu-ment.My method is to describe the works discussed at sufficientlength so that people who have not read them or not read themrecently can follow my argument.I have also tried in my criticalcommentary to convey the sense of what it is like to read the work,both for the first time and after many informed readings.  \nChapter 1,'Hardy and Lawrence’,reflects the evolution of myinterest in Hardy from my work on Lawre","cbCairiwUwc7gOZO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairiwUwc7gOZO","pdf",11818347,186,"English","# Preface\n## Preface aims and 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