57715527 thomas hardy research paper

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Thomas HardyEnglish 9 HonorsPeriod 8February 17th, 2011


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In June o 18!9, Thomas Hardy "as born on the se#ond o the month$ He gre"

u% in Higher &o#' Ham%ton, (orset, England$ )lthough Thomas Hardy is 'no"n today

or his %oetry and great "or's o literature, he started his "or'ing #areer as an ar#hite#t*s

assistant$ In )%ril o 1872, he de#ided he "anted a #hange and headed or +ondon$ For

ie years, Thomas Hardy "rote %oems and attem%ted to hae them %ublished$ In 18-7,

still unsu##essul in haing his %oems %ublished, Thomas Hardy returned to (orset and

#ontinued his #areer as an ar#hite#t*s assistant$ .ot until 188/ did Thomas Hardy inally

settle do"n in a house he designed, a ate, "ith his "ie Emma iord$ Thomas

Hardy died on January 11 1928 in his a ate home$

3hildhood or Thomas Hardy "as ull o learning and time at his lo#al #hur#h$

His mother Jemima Hardy "as rom a %oor amily but had a loe or reading$ Thomas

Hardy*s ather "as a iolin %layer and %art o the lo#al #hur#h #hoir$ He "as an only

#hild, so his %arents illed his time "ith #hur#h, reading, and musi#$ 4hen Thomas

Hardy "as eight, his s#hooling #areer began at a lo#al national s#hool in lo"er &o#'

Ham%ton$ In 18/0 at the age o ten, he then transerred to a non#onormist s#hool in

(or#hester only three miles "est o "here he lied$ Thomas Hardy*s ormal edu#ation

ended "hen he "as siteen years old, and his #areer in ar#hite#ture began$ In 18/-,

Thomas Hardy be#ame the a%%renti#e o lo#al ar#hite#t John Hi#'s, "ho "or'ed on

#hur#h restoration$ )s an a#tie member in his #hur#h through his #hildhood years,

Thomas Hardy "as moing into a #areer that "as in his #omort 5one$ Through his "or'

"ith John Hi#'s, Thomas Hardy met Henry &asto" and 4illiam &arnes$ &oth men li'ed


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literature, %oetry, and religious matters, "hi#h "as similar to the interests o Thomas

Hardy$

Thomas Hardy gre" u% "ith a "ide range o literature aailable to him, "hi#h

#ontributed to him be#oming a "riter$ &eore age our, Thomas Hardy "as already able

to read and "rite, #ourtesy o his mother$ He "as introdu#ed to +atin %oets and Fren#h

roman#es, also by his mother, and later began e%loring other genres on his o"n$

Thomas Hardy re#eied a loe o musi# rom his ather$ )nother inluen#e in Thomas

Hardy*s #areer in literature "as rom 4illiam &arnes, "ho he met through his

a%%renti#eshi% "ith John Hi#'s$ 4illiam &arnes "as a %oet "ho "rote about rural lie, a

to%i# that "as similar to Thomas Hardy*s "riting$ &eore Thomas Hardy "rote %oetry,

he be#ame a noelist in order to ma'e a #areer or himsel in the "orld o literature$ He

"anted his entire #areer to be that o "riting, and he 'ne" that he #ould not aord to

"rite %oems until he established a name or himsel$

)ter Thomas Hardy reali5ed he "ould not be able to start his "riting #areer as a

%oet, he de#ided to "rite noels$ He named his irst noel The Poor an and the +ady,

"ritten in 18-7$ Ho"eer, "hen Thomas Hardy inished his noel, he la#'ed a %ublisher$

) e" years later the noel (es%erate 6emedies "as "ritten and %ublished, but not under

his name$ ) Pair o &lue Eyes187 "as the irst noel o Thomas Hardy that s%orted

his name$ The net year brought Thomas Hardy an aus%i#ious noel, Far rom the

adding 3ro"d, "hi#h ully allo"ed him to retire his #areer in ar#hite#ture and s%end all

o his time in literature$ Thomas Hardy began "riting %oems ulltime, and in 1898 he

%ublished 4esse Poems, his irst boo' o %oems$ The ty%es o %oems Thomas Hardy

"rote in#luded: sonnets, lyri# %oems, and blan' erse$ His %oems #ould be des#ribed as


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sad and gloomy$ )long "ith being de%ressing, Thomas Hardy*s %oems had erses o

irony and dry humor$

Throughout his lie, Thomas Hardy has "ritten 109 %oems$ The %oem ;The

an He


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gien to him by the 6oyal @o#iety o +iterature in 1912$ In 191, he re#eied an

honorary degree rom 3ambridge o (o#tor o +etters, although he "as not a #ollege

graduate$ Then in 191!, a %erorman#e o The (ynasts o##urred at the


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