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Patrick Lee-Browne

This volume is part of the Writers in Britain series which introduces children to great literary figures. This volume examines the life of Thomas Hardy and how the change from the 19th to the 20th century influenced him and his writing.

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Backgrounds to English Literature sets writers and literary works of different types and periods in their historical, social and cultural context and provides a lively introduction to various genres. The Romantics sets out the historical, economic and social framework of the period as well as looking at the cult of the individual, the gothic and supernatural, painting and music, and post-romanticism

Patrick Lee-Browne

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