{"product_id":"9783031952234","title":"Thomas Hardy’s Optimism: Hope and Joy in Hardy’s Poetry","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThomas Hardy’s Optimism: Hope and Joy in Hardy’s Poetry\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAddison, Neil\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhat do the works of Thomas Hardy offer us apart from tragedy? This book intends to answer that question, providing a groundbreaking reading of Hardy’s poetry that reveals a hitherto critically neglected optimism. In doing so it seeks to challenge the dominant view of Hardy’s work \u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: JA;\"\u003eas pessimistic\u003c\/span\u003e. It aims to demonstrate that Hardy’s poetry contains a surprising amount of hope and joy which, when examined critically, reveals to us a new and \u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: JA;\"\u003ebrighter \u003c\/span\u003eview of his philosophy. Hardy’s poetry is naturally more condensed than his fiction, and his poems function as individual thought acts in which personal moments are more pronounced and sustained. These thought acts enable him to emphasise moods that are not merely pessimistic but joyous and hopeful. Such optimistic examples are not anomalies. Rather, pleasures such as dancing, music, eating and celebration perform a significant\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: JA;\"\u003e counterbalancing\u003c\/span\u003e function across Hardy’s collection of over 900 poems. \u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: JA;\"\u003eIn fully acknowledging these important brighter aspects, we can see Hardy’s complex poetry as balancing an acute and profound understanding of life’s hardships with an equally significant awareness and celebration of its pleasures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2025-09-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031952234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-95224-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 241\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44352218038412,"sku":"9783031952234","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031952234.jpg?v=1774144698","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031952234","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}