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Thomas Hardy
Novelist and poet whose architectural background influenced his work.
minor
Also known as Mr. Thomas Hardy, Mr. Hardy
First appearance: III
Thomas Hardy shows up with force in The Defeat of Romanticism. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Trained as an architect; wrote the esthetic apology for industrialism, transferring depression to Wessex countryside.
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In The Defeat of Romanticism: Trained as an architect; wrote the esthetic apology for industrialism, transferring depression to Wessex countryside. Later, in III: Quoted as the aesthetic apologist for industrialism,…
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