. . . . . . . "In an era of often uncritical optimism, Hardy looked upon mankind with dark brooding wisdom. He dared to speak of sexual conflict of man's self-destructiveness, of grotesque mischance. Today his skepticism, his narrative inventiveness, and hostility to realism, and his psychological insight make him a congenial even contemporary voice." . . . . . "Hardy: a collection of critical essays"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Fiction"@en . . "Hardy; a collection of critical essays" . "Hardy; a collection of critical essays"@en . . . . . . "Hardy a collection of critical essays" . "Hardy a collection of critical essays"@en . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . "Hardy"@en . . "Hardy" . . . . . "Hardy : a collection of critical essays"@en . "Hardy : a collection of critical essays" . . . . . . . . . . "Pastoral fiction"@en . . . "Hardy : A collection of critical essays" . . . . . . . . "Aufsatzsammlung" . . . . . "Aufsatzsammlung." . . "Literatura pastoril inglesa." . . "Pastoral literature, English History and criticism." . . "Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 Criticism and interpretation." . . "Pastoral literature, English." . . "Country life in literature." . .