'Wessex Heights – Thomas Hardy and Romanticism'

A THS Conference/Festival Lecture by Dr Tony Fincham

Tuesday 26th July at 9.15am - The United Church, Dorchester

A detailed exploration of one of Hardy’s greatest poems: a poem with an intense autobiographical tone, written at a time of deep despair. This analysis leads towards an aspect of Hardy’s writing often overlooked by contemporary criticism – that Hardy was a profoundly Romantic writer. ‘Wessex Heights’ is indeed a triumphant hymn to Romanticism.

Tony Fincham, a former Chairman and current Vice-President of the THS, is a semi-retired GP from rural Kent with a life-long passion for the works of Thomas Hardy. His PhD on medical aspects of Hardy’s life and works was published in 2008 as Hardy the Physician. A keen walker and interpreter of Hardy’s landscapes, he has also published Hardy’s Landscape Revisited (2010) and Exploring Thomas Hardy’s Wessex (2016).

This lecture is free to full conference delegates. However tickets can be purchased for £10 (£8 for members) here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wessex-heights-thomas-hardy-and-romanticism-tickets-384093392677

For any enquiries please contact THS Secretary - Dr Tracy Hayes - info@hardysociety.org

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