HARDY FORUM ARCHIVE H0037 4/10/00 "PLACES OF INTEREST IN WESSEX". ======================================================= From: "Anne-Marie Rowan" To: Subject: Places of interest in Wessex I have watched all this existential jousting with glee, but am about to lower the tone with rather a trite request. I am going down to Hardy country in July for a short break.....could anyone offer a list with places of interest to the Hardy fan, and any pubs that serve fine ale. ========== Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 05:49:05 -0700 X-Sender: wwmorgan@mail.ilstu.edu Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:07:22 -0500 To: HARDY-L@csusm.edu From: Bill Morgan Subject: Re: Places of interest in Wessex Mime-Version: 1.0 Resent-From: HARDY-L@csusm.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1044 Reply-To: HARDY-L@csusm.edu X-Loop: HARDY-L@coyote.csusm.edu Precedence: list Status: Dear Anne-Marie Rowan, ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚI'll leave it to others to recommend pubs (though I have my favorites), but I think I can be helpful about Hardy sites to visit.Κ It's probably helpful to think of the attractions in two categories--biographical and literary-topographical: ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ(1) Biographical: The don't-miss features here are the birthplace at Higher Bockhampton, Max Gate, and the Dorset County Museum with its fabulous collection of memorabilia.Κ I think I'd probably recommend starting with the DCM.Κ ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ(2) Literary-topographical: If your interest lies in the correspondences (and variances) between the literal world of SW England and the textual world of Hardy's fiction and poetry, then I recommend you select a couple of the tour pamphlets published by the Hardy Society (on sale at the Dorset County Museum--and probably at the birthplace and Max Gate, for that matter) and set off on a full-day or half-day tour by car of, say, *The Country of Tess of the d'Urbervilles* or *The Country of Hardy's Mellstock Poems*.Κ ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚAnd since you'll be there in July, don't forget the Hardy Society Conference, taking place July 22-29--at the Corn Exchange in Dorchester. ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚHave fun.ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚcheers, ΚBill Morgan ========== Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 09:54:08 -0400 From: Robert Schweik Subject: Re. Places of Interest in Wessex Dear Anne-Marie, One nice, compact group of literary-connected sites you might consider would be just in Dorchester itself, particularly for *The Mayor of Casterbridge*. With a map of the town like that in Pinion's *A Thomas Hardy Companion*--and there are other similar guides to Dorchester/Casterbridge available at the Dorset County Museum and elsewhere--the town itself is a great place for a pleasant walking tour. Bob Schweik schweik@ait.fredonia.edu ==========