The Excluded and Collaborative Stories

by Thomas Hardy, Pamela Dalziel

Overview

Included in this edition are ten stories which were never collected into volumes during Hardy's lifetime. Some contain references to actual people, or plot elements that he reused elsewhere, and others, such as his stories for children, were simply too different from his other work in the short story form. Although all of these stories occupy significant positions within Hardy's career, none has previously received serious editorial treatment. For the most part they have been ignored, lightly passed over, or misinterpreted by critics and biographers. This edition remedies some of the deficiencies in Hardy scholarship, both in its historical introductions and in its critically edited texts, which are based on full collations of all editions published before Hardy's death and all surviving manuscripts, typescripts, and previously neglected proofs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198122456
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/12/1992
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 8.75(h) x 1.23(d)
Lexile:	1330L (what's this?)

About the Author

An English Victorian author of novels, poems, and short stories, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is best known for the classic books Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure. Set mostly in the semi-imagined region of Wessex, Hardy’s fictional works retain their popularity thanks to an accessible style, Romantic plots, and richly drawn characters.

Date of Birth:

June 2, 1840

Date of Death:

January 11, 1928

Place of Birth:

Higher Brockhampon, Dorset, England

Place of Death:

Max Gate, Dorchester, England

Education:

Served as apprentice to architect James Hicks

Editorial Reviews

"This book's main virtue resides in its bringing together a group of Hardy's stories that heretofore Hardy scholars have virtually ignored and that bear their own historic and—generally—intrinsic interest."—Choice

"Ten stories that were not included in collected editions or volumes published in Hardy's lifetime are brought together with overwhelming scholarly and editorial detail and apparatus, eclipsing almost anything available on the great Hardy novels. Perhaps it will set an example."—Nineteenth-Century Literature

"Certainly textual correctness counts, but this book's main virtue resides in bringing together a group of Hardy's stories that heretofore Hardy scholars have virtually ignored and that bear their own historic and - generally - intrinsic interest. In effect, it can help most university libraries complete their Hardy canons."—Language and Literature

"[Dalziel's] scholarly edition of the excluded and collaborative stories offers a great deal....For the Hardy-centric reader...The Excluded and Collaborative Stories stands a model edition, a source that offers much new information and many new perspectives on the literary and biographical text we call "Thomas Hardy."—ELT

"The editor, Pamela Dalziel, is a model of diligence and we must be grateful for the authorative text which has been established."—Review of English Studies

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