托马斯·哈代是一个非常独特的作家,他同时既是杰出的小说家又是一流的诗人。19世纪中后期,英国诗歌的地位渐渐被更加流行的小说所取代。尽管哈代初涉文坛就是以诗歌创作作为开端,但是由于他的诗歌不被社会接受,写诗不能成为他赖以谋生的方式,所以他被迫转向小说写作。但是在20多年的小说创作中,哈代依然继续笔耕不辍地进行诗歌写作。E.M福斯特在《小说面面观》中 Thomas Hardy is a very unique writer who is both an outstanding novelist and a first-rate poet. In the late 19th century, British poetry was gradually replaced by more popular novels. Although Hardy’s literary career started with the creation of poetry, his poem was not accepted by the society. Writing poetry could not be his way of living, so he was forced to turn to novel writing. However, in more than 20 years of novel writing, Hardy still continued to write poetry without stopping. E.M Foster in the “novel”