{"product_id":"satires-of-circumstance-lyrics-and-reveries-with-miscellaneous-pieces-paperback","title":"Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSatires of Circumstance is a collection of poems by English poet Thomas Hardy, and was published in 1914. It includes the 18 poem sequence Poems 1912-13 on the death of Hardy's wife Emma - extended to the now-classic 21 poems in Collected Poems of 1919 - widely regarded to comprise the best work of his poetic career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection's title was picked by the publisher, and disapproved of by Hardy, emphasising as it did the 15 light-hearted satires and sketches of 1910, at the expense of the Poems of 1912-13 themselves, as well as of the 39 Miscellaneous Lyrics and the 34 Lyrics and Reveries, all with their more serious side. These latter include such fine examples of philosophical meditation and contemporary observation as 'Wessex Heights' and 'Channel Firing'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection's initial reception was very muted, only Lytton Strachey pointing out how the writing had \"the subtle disturbing force of poetry...the secret of touching our marrow-bones\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe subgroup 'Satires of Circumstance' have been singled out as a significant influence on and template for Siegfried Sassoon, . and may also have influenced the early D. H. Lawrence. (wikipedia.org)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42171224686727,"sku":"9781636379562","price":23.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5bcb7f0f47da4cc91d75ea71eb02f3aa.webp?v=1733354046","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/satires-of-circumstance-lyrics-and-reveries-with-miscellaneous-pieces-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}