Essays on Thomas Hardy
Literature is a reflection of society. By exposing the flaws in their society, authors challenge the values of their time. Published in 1891 Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy challenges Victorian values. In the text, Hardy exposes injustice towards women during the Victorian Era. He focuses on treatment of women; double standards and the...
“Atonement” by Ian McEwan and “Poems 1912-1913” by Thomas Hardy are texts that allow an in-depth and stringent look into the path of guilt as a consequence of action. When his wife Emma passed away in 1912, Thomas Hardy underwent a process of mourning in order to seek the passion he once felt for her,...
Thomas Hardy and Edith Wharton have many similarities in their style of writing. Wharton is comparatively more of a modern writer than Hardy, however she admired Hardy and her writing style is influenced by his literary writings. The two given extracts are from classic realist novels. In such novels, the writer appeals to the reader...
