Thomas Hardy claimed that his first love had always been poetry, but it was not until the age of 58 that this first collection, written over a period of 30 years, was published. Wessex was the "partly-real, partly-dream" county that formed the backdrop for most of Hardy's writings—named after an Anglo-Saxon kingdom and modeled on the real counties of Berkshire, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire. The poems deal with classic Hardy themes of disappointment in love and life, and the struggle to live a meaningful life in an indifferent world. Although Hardy's poetry was not as well received as his fiction, he continued to publish collections until his death, and thanks in part to the influence of Philip Larkin, he is increasingly realized as a poet of great stature.
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Hardback Editions
December 2007 : Library Binding
| Title: Wessex Poems (Works of Thomas Hardy) Author(s): Thomas Hardy ISBN: 0-7812-2218-4 / 978-0-7812-2218-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Reprint Services Corp Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
November 2007 : Leather Bound
| Title: Works Of Thomas Hardy Volume 19 - Wessex Poems (Leather Bound) (The Works of Thomas Hardy) Author(s): Hardy, Thomas ISBN: 1-4227-8060-0 / 978-1-4227-8060-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Reprint Services Corp Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1995 : Hardback
| Title: Wessex Poems (Ryburn Thomas Hardy S.) (The poems of Thomas Hardy) Author(s): Thomas Hardy ISBN: 1-85331-056-5 / 9781853310560 (UK edition) Publisher: Edinburgh University Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 1994 : Hardback
| Title: Wessex Poems (Decadents, Symbolists, Anti-decadents: Poetry of the 1890's) Author(s): Thomas Hardy ISBN: 1-85477-145-0 / 9781854771452 (UK edition) Publisher: Woodstock Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
December 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Wessex Poems (Works of Thomas Hardy) Author(s): Thomas Hardy ISBN: 1-4227-4060-9 / 978-1-4227-4060-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Reprint Services Corp Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Wessex Poems (Hesperus Classics) Author(s): Thomas Hardy, Tom Paulin (foreword) ISBN: 1-84391-148-5 / 9781843911487 (UK edition) Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
June 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: Wessex Poems (1919 Edition with ClicBrowz navigation) Author(s): Thomas Hardy Publisher: CyberPoet Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 2007 : CD-ROM
| Title: Wessex Poems (The Works of Thomas Hardy) Author(s): Thomas Hardy ISBN: 1-4227-6060-X / 978-1-4227-6060-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Reprint Services Corp Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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