Thomas Hardy London Lecture 2024

London Lecture: ‘Friends Beyond : Barnes, Moule, Hardy and Fordington Vicarage’

Date: Saturday 7 December 2024
Ticket Price: £5 per person
Venue: The Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre at UCL

Come and join Chairman and Academic Director, Mark Damon Chutter , on Saturday 7 December in London. This talk will explore the influence of the Dorset Dialect Poet and Philologist William Barnes and the brilliant Cambridge scholar Horace Moule on Thomas Hardy - their mentoring of the young Hardy and introducing him to an eclectic range of languages. Fordington Vicarage became a hub of literary connections. What impact did Barnes and Moule have on Hardy?

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