Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: Volume VII. The Later - Years, Part IV, 1840 185

´The art of the commentator on letters is to draw the reader more and more closely towards the intimacy of writers and their correspondents which the mere act of writing a familiar letter implies. In this Mr Hill has shown increasing mastery over the years, and this volume is a fine climax to his labours.´W.J.B. Owen, McMaster University, Review of English Studies A collection of over 600 letters (1840-1853) recording the poet and his sister in old age. This edition contains many previously unpublished letters plus correspondence to Henry Crabb Robinson, Henry Reed and others.

Product details

• Authors: William and Dorothy Wordsworth, William Wordsworth Wordsworth
• Assisted by: Ernest De Selincourt (Editor), Alan G. Hill (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.1988
• EAN: 9780198126065
• ISBN: 978-0-19-812606-5
• No. of pages: 984
• Series: The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: poetry and poets