Simple Wordsworth - Studies in the Poems 1979-1807

First published in 1960, this book studies Wordsworth's 'simple' poems, such as the Lyrical Ballads, as products of a sophisticated and powerfully successful literary genius. The author aims to approach the poems as perhaps Wordsworth expected his first readers to; but as they have never been in fact. The result of this approach is to discover a Wordsworth far different to that which he has previously been presented as - the 'Sage of Rydal' at one extreme and a naïve perpetrator of poetical blunders at the other - and, the author argues, a far more exciting one. This book will be of interest to students of literature.

Sommario

Acknowledgements; Prologue; I. Wordsworth and Simplicity; II. Three Lyrical Ballads; Simon Lee The Idiot Boy The Thorn; III. Goslar Poems IV. Wordsworth and 'Nature' V. The Apotheosis of the Animal; Epilogue

Info autore

John F. Danby

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John F Danby, John F. Danby, Danby John F.
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.11.2017
• EAN: 9781138672031
• ISBN: 978-1-138-67203-1
• Pagine: 162
• Serie: RLE: Wordsworth and Coleridge
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: poetry and poets