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The mower, the sower, and the mayor: Thomas Hardy and Hamo Thornycroft, encounters and affinities (2018)
Journal Article
Thomas, J. (2018). The mower, the sower, and the mayor: Thomas Hardy and Hamo Thornycroft, encounters and affinities. Word and Image, 34(1), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02666286.2017.1327306

This essay explores the intellectual and creative friendship between Thomas Hardy and Hamo Thornycroft, who met in 1883 when they were engaged upon works that were to define their respective careers. Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge and Thornycroft’... Read More about The mower, the sower, and the mayor: Thomas Hardy and Hamo Thornycroft, encounters and affinities.

"What Will Survive of Us" : Thomas Hardy, Philip Larkin and the Legacy of Art : The Thomas Hardy Birthday Lecture (2010)
Journal Article
Thomas, J. (2010). "What Will Survive of Us" : Thomas Hardy, Philip Larkin and the Legacy of Art : The Thomas Hardy Birthday Lecture. Thomas Hardy Journal, 6(2), 32-48

Icons of desire : the classical statue in later Victorian literature (2010)
Journal Article
Thomas, J. (2010). Icons of desire : the classical statue in later Victorian literature. Yearbook of English Studies, 40(1/2), 246-272

The sculptural trope enjoyed a revival in later Victorian literature, especially the classical sculptural nude. These ancient figures retain their function as mediators between the gods and their human votaries for their Victorian admirers, but they... Read More about Icons of desire : the classical statue in later Victorian literature.