Browning and Wordsworth (Hardcover)

Wordsworth's poetry was far more influential upon that of Robert Browning than has hitherto been supposed. Browning read Wordsworth from an early age, and became an admirer of much of his work. In particular, Wordsworth's aesthetic beliefs about the poet's role in the world were as important to Browning's own conception of this role as those of Shelley, whose relationship with Browning has been far more extensively discussed. This book principally uses Harold Bloom's ""influence theory"" to examine this relationship, which can usefully be seen as a struggle on Browning's part to throw off the burden of influence imposed upon him by his Romantic predecessor. It also puts forward more historical and biographical explanations for some of the relationship's complexities, including Browning's awareness of Wordsworth's rising reputation in the late Victorian period and the responsibilities imposed upon him in his later career by his own position as a literary lion. John H. Baker teaches for the Open University and the University of Westminster in London.

General

Imprint:	Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2004
First published:	November 2004
Authors:	John H. Baker
Dimensions:	244 x 157 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	199
ISBN-13:	978-0-8386-4038-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	0-8386-4038-9
Barcode:	9780838640388

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