William Wordsworth's Golden Age Theories During the Industrial Revolution

Wordsworth's romantic critique of industrial life and society was backward-looking. His 'Golden Age ideal' of pastoral life and rural relationships falls within the scope of English 'populism' as found among the middle ranks of small independent producers and their idealogues. Furthermore his rural education and up-bringing in the remote North of England explain his long-term shift from radical and whig reformer to tory placeman in the years 1789 to 1832 as well as his relative demise as a poet.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

MARK KEAY is a freelance historian and biographer. He received a postgraduate award scholarship from the School of Australian and International Studies at Deakin University, Geelong, to research 'Golden Age theories' both in Modern English History and Literature.

Zusammenfassung

Wordsworth's romantic critique of industrial life and society was backward-looking. His 'Golden Age ideal' of pastoral life and rural relationships falls within the scope of English 'populism' as found among the middle ranks of small independent producers and their idealogues. Furthermore his rural education and up-bringing in the remote North of England explain his long-term shift from radical and whig reformer to tory placeman in the years 1789 to 1832 as well as his relative demise as a poet.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: M Keay, M. Keay
• Verlag: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2016
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges
• EAN: 9781349420179
• ISBN: 978-1-349-42017-9
• Anzahl Seiten: 295
• Illustration: XI, 295 p.
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 13.3 x 1.6 x 20.3 cm
• Serie: Studies in Modern History
• Themen: B, History, Westeuropa, HISTORY / Modern / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, History - General History, auseinandersetzen, Literature: history & criticism, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, European Literature, British literature, British and Irish Literature, England;industrial revolution;poem;William Wordsworth