The following is a cumulative list of commonly cited sources:

Bailey, J. O.  The Poetry of Thomas Hardy:  A Handbook and Commentary.  Chapel Hill:  University of North Carolina Press, 1970.

Gibson, James, ed.  The Variorum Edition of the Complete Poems of Thomas Hardy.  London:  Macmillan, 1979.

--.  Thomas Hardy:  The Complete Poems.  London:  Palgrave, 2001.

Harvey, Geoffrey.  The Complete Critical Guide to Thomas Hardy.  London:  Routledge, 2003.

Hynes, Samuel, ed.  The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hardy.  5 vols.  Oxford:  Clarendon Press, 1982-95.

Orel, Harold, ed.  Thomas Hardy's Personal Writings.  Lawrence:  University of Kansas Press, 1966.

Paulin, Tom.  Thomas Hardy:  The Poetry of Perception.  London:  Macmillan, 1975.

Taylor, Dennis.  Hardy's Poetry, 1860-1928.  New York:  Columbia University Press, 1981.


Passages from novels are cited from the following editions:

The Mayor of Casterbridge.  Edited with an introduction and notes by Keith Wilson.  London:  Penguin, 2003.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles.  Edited with notes by Tim Dolin and an introduction by Margaret R. Higonnet.  London:  Penguin, 2003.

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Please also consult Professor Taylor's guide to editions of Hardy's poetry.

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