William Wordsworth's the Prelude A Casebook

Zusatztext [a] finely judged anthology... Klappentext William Wordsworth's long poem The Prelude is a fascinating work-as autobiography, the fruit of many attempts at understanding the formative period of Wordsworth's life; as a fragment of historical evidence from the revolutionary and post-revolutionary years; as an unstable literary text, which mutated through at least five discernable versions from 1799-1839; and as a poem offering the pleasures of blank verse in a variety and to an intensity unmatched in English non-dramatic poetry. In this collection, leading Wordsworth scholar Stephen Gill, gathers together thirteen influential essays on The Prelude. The volume as a whole is a useful and inspiring companion for students and general readers of Wordsworth's greatest, but most demanding poem. Zusammenfassung William Wordsworth's long poem "The Prelude" is a fascinating work - as autobiography and as a fragment of historical evidence from the revolutionary and post-revolutionary years. This volume gathers together thirteen essays on "The Prelude", and is useful as a companion for students and general readers of Wordsworth's greatest poem.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen (EDT) Gill
• Assisted by: Stephen Gill (Editor), Stephen (University Professor of English Literature Gill (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 24.08.2006
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Fiction > Poetry, drama
• EAN: 9780195180916
• ISBN: 978-0-19-518091-6
• Pages: 406
• Dimensions (packing): 14.6 x 21 x 2.5 cm
• Series: Casebooks in Criticism; Casebooks in Criticism
• Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary theory, Literary studies: poetry and poets