The Poems, Vol.2: v. 2 (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Hayden, John; Wordsworth, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140422129 ISBN 13: 9780140422122

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1977

Synopsis

Of all the lasting innovations that William Wordsworth (1770-1850) brought to our literature, it is his discovery of nature and his fresh vision of human lives in the context of nature that have most influenced our cultural climate. Here, collected in this volume, are Wordsworth's finest works, some of the most beautiful poems ever written: from the famous lyrical ballads, including "The Tables Turned" and "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," to the sonnets and narrative poems, to excerpts from his magnum opus, The Preludes. By turning away from mythological subjects and artificial diction toward the life and language around him, Wordsworth acquired for poetry the strength and new sources of inspiration that have allowed it to survive and flourish in the modern world.

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About the Author

William Wordsworth was born in the Lake District in April 1770, and died there eighty years later on 23 April 1850. In his youth Wordsworth experienced the French Revolution first hand and spent his twenties wandering throughout Europe. In 1794 Wordsworth met Samuel Taylor Coleridge with whom he wrote Lyrical Ballads in 1798 and to whom he addressed his epic work, The Prelude. Wordsworth gradually established himself as the great poet of the Romantic period and in 1843 he became Poet Laureate.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0140422129
• ISBN 13: 9780140422122
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1104