Five-Book Prelude

Informationen zum Autor William Wordsworth (1770 -1850) was born in Cockermouth, England, and was part of the famous Lake Poets group. Wordsworth was the United Kingdom's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death. He is best-known for his collection of poems, Lyrical Ballads, that he wrote and published with his friend and fellow Lake Poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The seminal collection helped to set England's Romantic Era in motion. Klappentext Edited now for the first time by Duncan Wu! it provides students and general readers alike with an approachable introduction to Wordsworth's greatest work. Zusammenfassung Edited from the original manuscripts at Dove Cottage! this work contains some of the passages of poetry later to appear in the 13-book poem of 1804-5! "The Spots of Time"! "The Winander Boy"! "The Discharged Soldier"! "Recollections of Cambridge"! "The Infant Prodigy" and "The Climbing of Snowdon". Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. Further Reading. Chronology. Five-Book Prelude Annotated Text. Recent Critical Commentary. Appendix I: The Analogy Passage. Appendix II: The Schedule of Manuscripts. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Wordsworth, W Wordsworth, William Wordsworth
• Assisted by: Duncan Wu (Editor), Duncan (St Catherine's College Wu (Editor), Wu Duncan (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.1997
• EAN: 9780631205494
• ISBN: 978-0-631-20549-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets