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Address: http://www.literatureclassics.com/essays/366
Contact: Andrew Nicol nicoll@iinet.net.au
Date: 07/01/04
A sub-page of "LiteratureClassics.com" which claims that--with an "editorial team" and "experts" composed of "volunter literature students and scholars"--it is "internet's leading provider of information on texts considered worthy of scholarship."
This page contains an essay on The Return of the Native titled "The Seasons of Love" by Sarah Jane Stetina sjaarnaeh@yahoo.com. It provides a summary of the novel, with asides on the role of the heath in it and the symbolism of the seasons, as well as a link to a very brief definition of the term tragedy.
A related page http://www.literatureclassics.com/authors\Hardy contains a note describing Hardy as "portraying the rural poor as victims of fate," a five-sentence biographical note on him, and a longer biographical essay attributed to Petri Liukkonen. This page also provides hyperlinks to e-texts, to read or download, of twelve of the novels, as well as texts of some of the poems and short stories. and a list of quotations from Hardy's works.
Included as well are links to four remote sites related to Hardy.
COMMENT:
The essay is competently written undergraduate-level work done by a student, or former student, at Harvey Mudd College. The extended biographical note attributed to Petri Liukkonen is taken in part from a Finnish site marred by misspellings and errors of fact--see our Links comment on that site. With respect to the e-texts provided, see our GENERAL CAUTION. The four remote sites linked vary greatly in quality and reliability; all are described and evaluated in these TTHA Links pages.
Those who connect to this site are informed that they can find further information by linking to "DueNow.com." That is, in fact, one of the many sites selling essays and term papers to students.
For scholarly purposes this site is of no practical value.