Satires of Circumstance
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Satires of Circumstance is a collection of poems by English
poet Thomas Hardy
, and was published in 1914. It includes the 18 poem sequence 'Poems of 1912-13', on the death of Hardy's wife Emma, widely regarded to comprise the best work of his poetic career.
The sequence was extended to the now-classic 21 poems in Collected Poems of 1919.
England
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poet Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist and poet. While his works typically belong to the Naturalism movement, several poems display elements of the previous Romantic and Enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural.While he regarded himself primarily as a...
, and was published in 1914. It includes the 18 poem sequence 'Poems of 1912-13', on the death of Hardy's wife Emma, widely regarded to comprise the best work of his poetic career.
The sequence was extended to the now-classic 21 poems in Collected Poems of 1919.
External links
- The complete Satires of Circumstance