HARDY FORUM ARCHIVE H0040 4/5/00 "NOTES AND QUERIES". ============================================== From: Dannelbird@aol.com Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 10:43:57 EDT Subject: TV programme on Hardy. We are currently researching material for a TV programme, based on TH. We are interested in any suggestions regarding content. The programme will focus on the area of Wessex, through the work of TH and will be aimed at a broad audience. We already have a pretty good idea of the content, however, any exciting ideas or insights would be greatly appreciated. We are hoping to recapture the events (harvest fayres) and atmosphere of the towns and people portrayed in his novels and poems. Where should we go for this? Many Thanks ========== Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 13:51:42 -0400 From: Rosemarie Morgan Subject: Re: TV programme on Hardy. From The Hardy Association: If you visit our NOVELS page on http://www.yale.ed/hardysoc you'll find a host of contemporary illustrations to Hardy's novels. These might help in getting a sense of the tone and "flavour" of his scenes and settings. There are also some contemporary maps on our MAPS page which might be of help with locations. On our LINKS page you will find listings to over 200 Hardy-related websites. I'm not sure which of these sites would be useful. Perhaps a note to LINKS Director, Professor Robert Schweik would be a good idea? I should also mention that for music you could not do better than The Mellstock Band (based in Dorset I think). With every good wish, Rosemarie Morgan (President) ========== From: "James Gibson" Subject: Hermann Lea's THOMAS HARDY'S WESSEX Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 22:03:33 +0100 This valuable guide to Hardy's topography was mentioned in a recent Forum contribution, and it was stated, quite correctly, to be out of print.ÊÊ However, Chapter House Books (Trendle Street, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3NT. tel:01935-816262)still has about 50 copies of the Penguin edition of the 1980s, available for sale.ÊÊ It was published in 2 volumes, and the remaining copies are for sale at £6 for the two, plus postage.ÊÊ Copies may also be available for those visiting Dorchester at the Tourist Information Shop. Ê The photographs are somewhat inferior to the original Hermann Lea edition, but the text, of course, is complete and it remains a useful guide, written with Hardy's approval and support. Ê James & Helen Gibson. ========== From: "Tom Robertson" Subject: Seeking source of Hardy quote. Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 22:37:21 -0400 Does anyone know the source of the following quote from Thos. Hardy: "If a path to the better there be, it lies in taking a full look at the worst." >From introduction to Ernest Becker's book "Denial of Death" Thanks for what ever you can do. ========== Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 22:19:19 -0500 From: Bill Morgan Subject: Re: Seeking source of Hardy quote. Mr. Becker has mangled--or loosely paraphrased--line 14 of Hardy's "In Tenebris II": Let him in whose ears the low-voiced Best is killed by the clash of the First, Who holds that if way to the Better there be, it exacts a full look at the Worst, Who feels that delight is a delicate growth cramped by crookedness, custom, and fear, Get him up and be gone as one shaped awry; he disturbs the order here. (lines 13-16) cheers, Bill Morgan ========== Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 00:27:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Megan M Riggs Subject: Re: Seeking source of Hardy quote. In addition, the quote can also be found in Hardy's "Apology" to his collection of poems _Late Lyrics and Earlier_. Hardy uses the line as part of his discussion on "evolutionary meliorism." Megan ==========