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Wordsworth (Hardcover)
Andrew Lang William Wordsworth
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With an Introduction by Antonia Till. William Wordsworth
(1771-1850) is the foremost of the English Romantic poets. He was
much influenced by the events of the French Revolution in his
youth, and he deliberately broke away from the artificial diction
of the Augustan and neo-classical tradition of the eighteenth
century. He sought to write in the language of ordinary men and
women, of ordinary thoughts, sights and sounds, and his early
poetry represents this fresh approach to his art. Wordsworth spent
most of his adult life in the Lake District with his sister Dorothy
and his wife Mary, by whom he had four children. His remarkable
autobiographical poem 'The Prelude' was completed in 1805, but was
not published until after his death, and it is included in this
full edition of Wordsworth's poetry.
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The Romantic Poets (Leather / fine binding)
John Keats, George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, …
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Feelings come alive through the words of the Romantic poets.
Romanticism gained traction in the late 1700s as writers moved away
from the intellectualism of the Enlightenment and toward more
emotional and natural themes. The major works of the movement's six
most famous poets-William Wordsworth, George Gordon Byron, Percy
Bysshe Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, and William
Blake-are represented in this handsome Word Cloud Classics volume,
The Romantic Poets. One of the largest and most influential
artistic movements in history, Romanticism valued intuition and
pastoralism, and its themes are well represented in the verse of
its stars.
When it was first published, Lyrical Ballads enraged the critics of
the day: Wordsworth and Coleridge had given poetry a voice, one
decidedly different to that which had been voiced before. This
acclaimed Routledge Classics edition offers the reader the
opportunity to study the poems in their original contexts as they
appeared to Coleridge's and Wordsworth's contemporaries, and
includes some of their most famous poems, including Coleridge's
Rime of the Ancyent Marinere.
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet
of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and
critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors
offer insights into their own work as well as providing an
accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets
in our literature. Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull
would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its
majesty . . . -- Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3,
1802
This Norton Critical Edition presents a generous selection of
William Wordworth's poetry (including the thirteen-book Prelude of
1805) and prose works along with supporting materials for in-depth
study. Together, the Norton Critical Editions of Wordsworth's
Poetry and Prose and The Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850 are the
essential texts for studying this author. Wordsworth's Poetry and
Prose includes a large selection of texts chronologically arranged,
thereby allowing readers to trace the author's evolving interests
and ideas. An insightful general introduction and textual
introduction precede the texts, each of which is fully annotated.
Illustrative materials include maps, manuscript pages, and title
pages. "Criticism" collects thirty responses to Wordsworth's poetry
and prose spanning three centuries by British and American authors.
Contributors include Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley,
Felicia Hemans, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lucy Newlyn, Stephen Gill,
Neil Fraistat, Mary Jacobus, Nicholas Roe, M. H. Abrams, Karen
Swann, Michael O'Neill, and Geoffrey Hartman, among others. The
volume also includes a Chronology, a Biographical Register, a
Selected Bibliography, and an Index of Titles and First Lines of
Poems.
From the introduction by Seamus Heaney:
Wordsworth's power over us stems from the manifest strength of
his efforts to integrate several strenuous and potentially
contradictory efforts. Indeed, it is not until Yeats that we
encounter another poet in whom emotional susceptibility,
intellectual force, psychological acuteness, political awareness,
artistic self-knowledge and bardic representativeness are so truly
and responsibly combined.
He is an indispensable figure in the evolution of modern, a
finder and keeper of the self as subject, a theorist and apologist
whose preface to "Lyrical Ballads" 1802 remains definitive.
The great Romantic poem of human consciousness, The Prelude takes as its theme 'the growth of a poet's mind'. In its search for the origins of the adult personality, The Prelude takes the reader back to the formative moments of childhood and youth: the baby at the breast, the boy ranging over the Cumbrian fells, the revolutionary undergraduate. In many ways it can be seen as the first modern poem, challenging Milton in its redefinition of epic, as Milton challenged Homer and Virgil. This new Penguin English Poets edition of The Prelude contains the brief first draft, Was It for This, composed in 1798; The Prelude in two books completed in 1799; and The Prelude in its 1805 and 1850 versions, printed here in parallel texts. The editor provides an invaluable introduction to the texts and fuller, more detailed notes than in any previous edition, as well as significant textual variants and a biographical table of dates.
Long central to the canon of British Romantic literature, Samuel
Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads is a
fascinating case study in the history of poetry, publishing, and
authorship. This Broadview edition is the first to reprint both the
1798 and the 1800 editions of Lyrical Ballads in their entirety. In
the appendices to this Broadview edition, reviews, correspondence,
and a selection of contemporary verse and prose situate the work
within the popular and experimental literature of its time, and
allow readers to trace the work's transformations in response to
the pressures of the literary marketplace.
One of the most enduringly popular of the Romantic poets, William
Wordsworth epitomized the spirit of his age with his celebration of
the natural world and his belief in the importance of feeling. This
volume brings together a rich selection from the most creative
period of Wordsworth's life? from ?Tintern Abbey, ? an ode on the
restorative powers of nature written during his intense friendship
with Coleridge, to excerpts from his epic autobiographical poem,
"The Prelude." Also included are much-loved short works such as ?I
wandered as lonely as a Cloud, ? ?Composed Upon Westminster Bridge,
? and the poignant ?Lucy Gray.? These poems demonstrate
Wordsworth's astonishing range, power, and inventiveness, and the
sustained and captivating vision that informed his work.
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Selected Poetry (Paperback)
William Wordsworth; Edited by Stephen Gill, Duncan Wu
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Wordsworth (1770-1850) is one of the most important and enduringly
popular of all the English poets. Wordsworth's verse declares a
belief in the power of poetry to teach by appealing to the
imagination and to the `grand elementary principle of pleasure, by
which man knows, and feels, and lives, and moves'. His unique
relationship with the poet and political activist Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, founded in the political and social ferment of 1795,
produced a revolution in literature, resulting in the joint volume,
Lyrical Ballads (1798-1805) - a landmark in the history of English
Romanticism. In this edition the poems are given in the texts in
which they first appeared, and were appreciated by Keats, Shelley,
Hazlitt and other contemporaries. This selection, chosen from the
Oxford Authors critical edition, includes all Wordsworth's finest
lyrics, and a large sample of The Prelude (1805), his extraordinary
autobiographical poem in blank verse and the first truly great
acheivement of a new era in English ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100
years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range
of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume
reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most
accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including
expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to
clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and
much more.
William Wordsworth is chiefly remembered as one of the 'Lake
Poets'. Yet he was also one of the founders of English Romanticism,
a writer whose early revolutionary fervor imbued his verse and his
ideals. Much of Wordsworth's work was inspired by nature, but to a
style rich in lyrical imagery he brought a deep interest in liberal
humanitarianism and a profound concern for the lives, habits and
speech of ordinary people, especially country people. This
pocket-sized collection includes: 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'
('Daffodils'), 'Ode. Intimations of Immortality', 'Character of the
Happy Warrior', 'The Solitary Reaper', 'To a Sky-Lark', 'Tintern
Abbey', and extracts from 'The Prelude'. Also available in the
'Pocket Poets' series: 9781782437116 Keats: 'Ode to a Nightingale'
and Other Poems 9781782437109 Kipling: 'If-' and Other Poems
9781782437093 Burns: 'A Red, Red Rose' and Other 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.
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Guide to the Lakes (Paperback)
William Wordsworth; Edited by Saeko Yoshikawa
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William Wordsworth's Guide to the Lakes gives a first-hand account
of his feelings about the unique countryside that was the source of
his inspiration. He addresses concerns that are relevant today,
such as how the growing number of visitors, and the money they
might bring, would affect such a small and vulnerable landscape. It
is now understood that Wordsworth's notion of the Lake District as
'a sort of national property, in which every man has a right and
interest who has an eye to perceive and a heart to enjoy',
expressed in his Guide, gave a rationale for the foundation of the
National Trust in 1895 and the establishment of the Lake District
National Park in 1951. Furthermore, the 2017 nomination document
for the Lake District as a World Heritage site quotes this phrase
in recognition of Wordsworth's contribution to the idea that
'landscape has a value, and that everyone has a right to appreciate
and enjoy it'. We can now see how Wordsworth's Guide has had a
far-reaching influence on the modern concept of legally-protected
landscape. First published in 1810 and repeatedly revised by its
author over the ensuing twenty-five years, William Wordsworth's
Guide to the Lakes has long been considered a crucial text for
scholars of Romantic-era aesthetics, ecology, travel writing, and
tourism.
A revolutionary voice in English verse, and a much loved and
celebrated lyric poet.
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The Borderers (Hardcover)
William Wordsworth; Edited by Robert Osborn
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This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical
literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles
have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades.
The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to
promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a
TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the
amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series,
tredition intends to make thousands of international literature
classics available in printed format again - worldwide.
There are no fewer than seventeen manuscripts of The Prelude in the
Wordsworth library at Grasmere. Working with these materials, the
editors have prepared an accurate reading version of 1799 and have
newly edited from manuscripts the texts of 1805 and 1850 thus
freeing the latter poem from the unwarranted alterations made by
Wordsworth's literary executors. The editors also provide a text of
MS. JJ (Wordsworth's earliest drafts for parts of The Prelude) as
well as transcriptions of other important passages in manuscript
which Wordsworth failed to include in any fair copy of his poem.
The texts are fully annotated, and the notes for all three versions
of The Prelude are arranged so that each version may be read
independently. The editors provide a concise history of the texts
and describe the principles by which each has been transcribed from
the manuscripts. There are many other aids for a thorough study of
The Prelude and its background. A chronological table enables the
reader to contextualize the biographical and historical allusions
in the texts and footnotes. "References to The Prelude in Process"
presents the relevant allusions to the poem, by Wordsworth and by
members of his circle, from 1799 to 1850. Another section, "Early
Reception," reprints significant comments on the published version
of 1850 by readers and reviewers. Finally, there are seven critical
essays by Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, Geoffrey H. Hartman,
Richard J. Onorato, William Empson, Herbert Lindenberger, and W. B.
Gallie."
'Listen, Stranger!' Wordsworth and Coleridge's joint collection of
poems has often been singled out as the founding text of English
Romanticism. Within this initially unassuming, anonymous volume
were many of the poems that came to define their age and which have
continued to delight readers ever since, including 'The Rime of the
Ancient Mariner', the 'Lucy' poems, 'Lines written a few miles
above Tintern Abbey', 'A Slumber did my Spirit seal' and many more.
Wordsworth's famous Preface is a manifesto not just for Romanticism
but for poetry in general. This is the only edition to print both
the original 1798 collection and the expanded 1802 edition, with
the fullest version of the Preface and Wordsworth's important
Appendix on Poetic Diction. It offers modern readers a sense of
what it was like to encounter Lyrical Ballads for the first time,
and to see how it developed. Important letters are included, as
well as a wide-ranging introduction and generous notes. ABOUT THE
SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made
available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship,
providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities,
helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for
further study, and much more.
... must have come on like punk rock to a public groaning under the
weight of over-cooked Augustanisms. The Guardian They were written
chiefly with a view to ascertain how far the language of
conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted
to the purposes of poetic pleasure -- William Wordsworth, from the
Advertisment prefacing the original 1798 edition. When it was first
published, Lyrical Ballads enraged the critics of the day:
Wordsworth and Coleridge had given poetry a voice, one decidedly
different to what had been voiced before. For Wordsworth, as he so
clearly stated in his celebrated preface to the 1800 edition (also
reproduced here), the important thing was the emotion aroused by
the poem, and not the poem itself. This acclaimed Routledge
Classics edition offers the reader the opportunity to study the
poems in their original contexts as they appeared to Coleridge's
and Wordsworth's contemporaries, and includes some of their most
famous poems, including Coleridge's Rime of the Ancyent Marinere.
Movement, deeply influenced by a love of nature. the founders of
the Romantic Movement.
William Wordsworth's verse was the embodiment of the Romantic age,
with its evocation of a unifying spirit running through all things.
This collection brings together a rich and diverse selection of his
works, from the epic autobiographical masterpiece The Prelude to
much-loved shorter poems such as `I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' and
`She Was a Phantom of Delight'. Alongside his more personal and
introspective compositions, poems such as `Lines Written a Few
Miles above Tintern Abbey', `She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways'
and `The Idiot Boy' demonstrate, in an era of political and social
ferment, the manner in which Wordsworth, together with Samuel
Taylor Coleridge, forged a revolutionary new poetic style through
the publication of Lyrical Ballads -one that embraced the
vernacular and subjects previously deemed unworthy of poetry - and
thus changed the literary landscape of England for ever.
Vivid and personal, William Wordsworth's lyrical works deal with
such topics as morality, spirituality, grief, and appreciation of
nature. Wordsworth was a central figure of English Romanticism and
much of his poetry was inspired by the beautiful setting of the
Lake District, where he lived most of his life. This collection
gathers around fifty of his best-loved odes, ballads and sonnets,
including 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud', 'Ode: Intimations on
Immortality', 'The World Is Too Much with Us' and 'My Heart Leaps
up When I Behold'.
A continuous text made up of extracts from Dorothy Wordsworth's Journal and a selection of her brother's poems. Dorothy Wordsworth kept her Journal 'because I shall give William pleasure by it'. In doing so, she never dreamt that she was giving future readers not only the chance to enjoy her fresh and sensitive delight in the beauties that surrounded her at Grasmere but also a rare opportunity to observe 'the progress of a poet's mind'. Colette Clark's skilful and perceptive arrangement of Dorothy's entries alongside William's poems throws a unique light on his creative process, and shows how the interdependence of brother and sister was a vital part in the writing of many of his great poems. By reading these poems in relation to the Journal it is possible to trace the processes by which they were committed to paper and so achieve a fuller understanding of them. A writer in her own right, Dorothy kept her Journal sparse in personal and emotional detail. Yet there is, nevertheless, a deep emotional undercurrent running beneath the surface which only falters when William marries Mary Hutchinson. Never again was Dorothy to achieve the freedom, spontaneity and the limpidly beautiful prose with which she infused and irradiated the Grasmere Journals.
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