Selected Poems

A pioneer of the Romantic movement, William Wordsworth wrote about the natural world and human emotion with a clarity of language which revolutionized poetry. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an introduction by Peter Harness.Selected Poems brings together some of Wordsworth's most acclaimed and influential works, including an extract from his magnus opus, The Prelude, alongside shorter poems such as 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud', 'To a Skylark' and 'Tintern Abbey'. Wordsworth's poems, often written at his home in Grasmere in the beautiful English Lake District, are lyrical evocations of nature and of spirituality. They have a force and clarity of language akin to everyday speech which was truly groundbreaking.

Product details

• Authors: William Wordsworth
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781529011890
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-1189-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 101 mm x 158 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Nature, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, c 1800 to c 1900, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Poetry by individual poets, Romanticism, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, The Lake District, C 1700 To C 1800, Cumbria & Lake District, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799