{"product_id":"under-the-greenwood-tree-paperback","title":"Under the Greenwood Tree - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSimon Gatrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhillip Mallett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Miss Fancy Day; as neat a little figure of fun as ever I see, and just husband-high.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most popular of Hardy's novels, \u003cem\u003eUnder the Greenwood Tree\u003c\/em\u003e is a delightful and humorous depiction of life in an early Victorian rural community. The story delicately balances the concerns of the Mellstock parish choir with a romance between the village schoolmistress and a member of the choir. Hardy thought well enough of the tale to place it among his \u003cem\u003eNovels of Character and Environment\u003c\/em\u003e, a group with includes his most characteristic work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis freshly reset second edition features a new introduction by Phillip Mallett, who explores the tension in the novel between a vanishing rural idyll and the social realities making change inevitable; the novel's portrait of rural life and character; its revealing textual history and the relation of art to elegy. This edition also features new, expanded notes which provide historical background, gloss dialect and unfamiliar terms, and highlight significant revisions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLastly, both the introduction and the notes take into account the substantial critical discussion that has taken place in the 27 years since the edition was first published. The book also includes maps of Hardy's Wessex and the fictional setting of Mellstock, a new and up-to-date bibliography, and a thorough chronology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Series\u003c\/strong\u003e: For over 100 years \u003cstrong\u003eOxford World's Classics \u003c\/strong\u003ehas made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhillip Mallett \u003c\/strong\u003ehas published widely on Hardy and has edited \u003cem\u003eThe Mayor of Casterbridge\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Return of the Native \u003c\/em\u003efor Norton. He is the editor of \u003cem\u003eThomas Hardy in Context\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP, 2012), and of the \u003cem\u003eThomas Hardy Journal\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eHardy Society Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. He has written the introduction to Flora Thompson's \u003cem\u003eLark Rise to Candleford\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2010).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754012770592,"sku":"9780199697205","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/08c939d1f6c0c0316e723f8933c5e18c.webp?v=1780031474","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/under-the-greenwood-tree-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}