WILLIAMS, MERRYN. — A Preface to Hardy.

London: Longman, 1977. 0582351146. Rep. "In this most readable, and unexpectedly positive study of Hardy's prose and verse, Merryn Williams offers a variety of scholarly approaches to her subject to demonstrate the depths of his power to release tragic emotion and universal humanity within the closely studied visual realism." Pp.10/182, map of Wessex and 25 b/w illustrations. Pbk. VG.