Thomas Hardy Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics & Reveries, with Miscellaneous in White

Satires of Circumstance is a collection of poems by English poet Thomas Hardy, and was published in 1914. It includes the 18 poem sequence Poems 191213 on the death of Hardys wife Emma extended to the nowclassic 21 poems in Collected Poems of 1919 widely regarded to comprise the best work of his poetic career. The collections title was picked by the publisher, and disapproved of by Hardy, emphasising as it did the 15 lighthearted satires and sketches of 1910, at the expense of the Poems of 191213 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. The collections 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 marrowbones".The 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) | Thomas Hardy Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics & Reveries, with Miscellaneous in White