The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth

Informationen zum Autor Frances Wilson is the author of Literary Seductions , which was praised by Alain de Botton as 'psychologically rich and wise', and The Courtesan's Revenge , which was described as "a wonderful biography ... Witty and sharp' by Jane Ridley in the Spectator . She lives in London with her daughter. The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth , by Frances Wilson, is a hugely powerful biography of Wordsworth´s beloved sister, champion and muse. Zusammenfassung Ordinarily presented as a self-effacing virgin or sacrificial saint, Dorothy Wordsworth was a talented writer and exceptional woman. She was William Wordsworth's inspiration, aide and most valued reader and traded in a conventional life to share in his world of words. In her journals, Dorothy kept a record of their idyllic life together. The tale that unfolds through her brief, lyrical entries reveals a strange, intangible love between brother and sister, culminating in Dorothy's dramatic collapse on the day of William's wedding. In her beautifully told biography, Frances Wilson brings Dorothy to life in all her complexity. From the restrained prose of Dorothy's journals, she uncovers the rich emotional life of a woman who suffered the jealousies of a discarded mistress - and eventually insanity.

Product details

• Authors: Frances Wilson
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.2008
• EAN: 9780571230471
• ISBN: 978-0-571-23047-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: poetry and poets