[Hardy-l] RE: Teaching Hardy 'minor' novels.

[Beth Sutton-Ramspeck]

Jane Thomas writes,

"I  . . . like both Penguin Classics and Oxford Worlds Classics in that both note significant changes in the text from the first edition in volume form through to the final 1912 revisions. I suppose it depends on whether you want what is generally regarded as Hardy's 'final' words (1912 Oxford Classics) or the first publication in volume form (useful for contextualisation)."

This raises an important question that I don't doubt List members can debate with great expertise and enthusiasm: what ARE the arguments in favor of each?

I ask as someone who is a Hardy enthusiast but definitely no expert.  I'm familiar with the standard philosophical arguments about first and final editions but not as they apply to Hardy in particular.

Beth

Beth Sutton-Ramspeck
Associate Professor of English
The Ohio State University at Lima
Lima, OH 45804
sutton-ramspeck.1 at osu.edu
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