Thomas Hardy: A better novelist than a poet?

Introduction:

Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 in the village of Upper Bochampton. He was a kid country mason. Thomas Hardy was the third of his family(Chew 56). Maiden name of his mother Jemima's hand, and she and her husband brought Hardy to have an extremely happy childhood. His early years were a seedbed for later creative development. Hardy said, "She read every publication she could lay her hands and she grew up to be a woman power, judgments, and power that could be conveyed her to the innumerable inquiries! numerous considered that it was the superior influence in the life of Hardy, but his dad was man of feature as well. Even if he did not possess the art of enriching a business, "he was a good master and music lover.

Hardy as a novelist

His last two novels, published in 1891 and 1895 are from Tess and Jude the Obscure. Hardy acknowledged them as his greatest works, but the public, or rather the creation, was not ready to meet the challenges of Victorian hypocrisy (as Tess) or Victorian morality (in Jude). Hardy was criticized in public and was so disillusioned with his treatment that he refused Novels completely and turned his attention to poetry.Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891) came into conflict with Victorian morality(Schmidt 7). He explored the darker sides of his family connections in Berkshire.

In the story of a poor village girl Tess Durbeyfield is seduced by wealthy Alec D'Uberville. She becomes pregnant but the child passes away in infancy. Tess finds work as a milkmaid on a farm and falls in love with Angel Clare, the son of a priest who marries her. When Tess notifies Angel about her past, he hypocritically desert her. Tess becomes the mistress of Alec. Angel returns from Brazil, repentance, his harshness, but finds her living with Alec. Tess murders Alec in desperation, she is apprehended and hanged.

Hardy's Jude the Obscure (1895) have caused even more controversy. Story dramatized the conflict between carnal and spiritual life, tracing the life of Jude Fawley from his childhood to his early death. Jude weds Arabella, but wastelands her. He falls in love with his cousin, hypersensitive Sue Bridehead, who marries the decaying teacher, Phillotson, a masochist fit. Jude and Sue obtain a divorce, but their life together deteriorates under the pressure of poverty and social disapproval. The eldest son of Judah, and Arabella, the grotesque of a boy nicknamed 'Father Time', kills their children and themselves. Broken by the decrease, litigate moves back to Phillotson, and Jude comes back to Arabella. Shortly thereafter, Jude dies, and his last words: "Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul?.

Hardy as a poet

Although Thomas Hardy is still known as a writer, his first love was poetry, which he wrote during his long life (Chew 54).However, he did not publish any poetry until he was in the late fifties. Career-wise, he went through three ...