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

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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; KING ARTHUR; LEGENDS; POETRY; VALENCY; WATERFALL

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1179/193489109X417743

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