A work of historical fiction, an experiment in life writing and a
verse drama designed to be read aloud. Vital Stream takes the form
of a long sonnet sequence, revisiting six extraordinary months in
1802 - a threshold year for William and Dorothy Wordsworth. Parted
when they were very young, the siblings had eventually set up home
together in the Lake District, where they were to remain for the
rest of their lives. After two years in Grasmere, William became
engaged to Mary Hutchinson. There followed an intense period of
re-adjustment for all three, and for his former lover Annette
Vallon, who had borne him a daughter he had never met. During 1802
the Wordsworth siblings wrote some of their most beautiful work;
these were their last months of living alone, and their writing has
an elegiac quality. Their journey to see Annette Vallon and meet
William's daughter for the first time took them through London to
Calais during the brief Peace of Amiens, involving a careful
dissociation from his past. Other complications coloured their
lives, to do with Coleridge and his failing marriage. Lucy Newlyn
draws all this material into the vital stream of her sequence. with
a preface by Richard Holmes PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
WORDSWORTH TRUST
General
| Imprint: |
Carcanet Press Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2019 |
| Authors: |
Lucy Newlyn
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| Preface by: |
Richard Holmes
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 135 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
184 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78410-807-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-78410-807-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781784108076 |
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