The Poetry of Thomas Hardy

Study Thomas Hardy using Online Video

Use our 2 online educational video titles to trace the career of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, whose works traverse the moors and woodlands of south-western England. Discover how Thomas Hardy's writings focus on human relationships, and the conflicts between spirit and flesh, thought and instinct.

Learning Objectives:

• Survey the life and literary career of the Victorian novelist and poet Thomas Hardy.
• Contrast events depicted in Thomas Hardy's novels with the author's own life experiences, and identify those ideas that are present throughout all of his works.
• Understand the major themes of Thomas Hardy's novels and poems.
• Examine the focus Thomas Hardy placed on the complexities of human relationships and the intrinsic conflicts between spirit and flesh, thought and instinct.

• Literature > The History Of British Literature > The Time Life And Works Of Thomas Hardy
• The Time Life and Works of Thomas Hardy Part 1 (Runtime: 19:38)
• The Time Life and Works of Thomas Hardy Part 2 (Runtime: 19:46)