From its spectacular opening–the astonishing scene in which drunken Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor at a county fair–to the breathtaking series of discoveries at its conclusion, The Mayor of Casterbridge claims a unique place among Thomas Hardy’s finest and most powerful novels. Rooted in an actual case of wife-selling in early nineteenth-century England, the story build into an awesome Sophoclean drama of guilt and revenge, in which the strong, willful Henchard rises to a position of wealth and power–only to suffer a most bitter downfall. Proud, obsessed, ultimately committed to his own destruction, Henchard is, as Albert Guerard has said, “Hardy’s Lord Jim…his only tragic hero and one of the greatest tragic heroes in all fiction.
Craig Raine Libros
Craig Raine es un poeta y crítico distinguido cuya obra se caracteriza por un lenguaje preciso y una aguda visión de la experiencia humana. Su poesía a menudo explora temas como la memoria, la familia y la identidad cultural, con un estilo conocido por su profundidad intelectual y resonancia emocional. Su escritura se describe como innovadora y literariamente ambiciosa, lo que lo convierte en una voz importante en la poesía británica contemporánea. Raine también se dedica a la crítica literaria y la escritura de ensayos, centrándose en el análisis y la defensa de obras literarias clave.
The seventh volume in the British Council's New Writing series. From some of Britain's most formidable literary talent, it places new names alongside more established ones, and offers contributions ranging from poetry to essays, and from short stories to previews of novels in progress.
T. S. Eliot
- 224 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
A compact biography and guide to one of the greatest English-language poets, T. S. Eliot sheds new light on the themes and events that shaped the life and work of the Nobel laureate.