Thomas Hardy, (born June 2, 1840, Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England—died January 11, 1928, Dorchester, Dorset), English novelist and poet who set much of his work in Wessex, his name for the counties of southwestern England.
- Michael Millgate
Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth.
Thomas Hardy Biography. Early Years. Thomas Hardy was born in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England on June 2, 1840, the eldest son of Thomas Hardy and Jemima (Hand) Hardy. His father was a stonemason and builder; his mother passed on her love of reading and books to her son.
Thomas Hardy (Upper Bockhampton, 2 giugno 1840 – Dorchester, 11 gennaio 1928) è stato un poeta e scrittore britannico. Divenne famoso per i suoi romanzi improntati alla nuova corrente letteraria del realismo , ma con notevoli influenze romantiche.
One of the most renowned poets and novelists in English literary history, Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 in the English village of Higher Bockhampton in the county of Dorset. He died in 1928 at Max Gate, a house he built for himself and his first wife, Emma Lavinia Gifford, in Dorchester, a few…
Thomas Hardy nacque il 2 giugno 1840 nel paesino di Higher Bockhampton, vicino a Dorchester, nella contea inglese del Dorset, nel cottage costruito dal bisnonno. La sua regione natia, in seguito, gli avrebbe ispirato la già citata contea del Wessex, dove avrebbe ambientato i suoi romanzi e racconti, divenendo una sorta di marchio delle sue opere.