Thomas Hardy's Pastoral

Indy Clark teaches at the University of Queensland, Australia. His doctoral thesis on Thomas Hardy's poetry received the 2013 Dean's Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence. His other publications include: 'Imagined Villages and Knowable Communities: Work and the Pastoral in Thomas Hardy's Poetry' in Pockets of Change (2011), and articles for the Hardy Society Journal and Colloquy.

Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Arcadia, Wessex, and the South Country 2. Landscape, Nature, and Work 3. What About the Workers? 4. Pastoral and Modernity Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index