Some Reflections on 'Under the Waterfall'
Author: Roper, Patrick
Source: The Hardy Review, Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 2009 , pp. 26-30(5)
Publisher: Maney Publishing
Abstract:
Thomas Hardy's poem 'Under the Waterfall' has some striking parallels with Cornish legends surrounding the St Nectan's Kieve, a waterfall site on a similar small valley some three and a half kilometres to the south west of the river Valency — the setting for Hardy's poem. The author explores these parallels which were likely to have been known to Hardy and his wife Emma.Keywords: CORNWALL; VALENCY; LEGENDS; WATERFALL; POETRY; KING ARTHUR
Document Type: Research Article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/193489109X417743
Publication date: 2009-03-01
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