The Prelude (a Parallel Text) - Softcover

Maxwell, J.; Wordsworth, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140801057 ISBN 13: 9780140801057

Publisher: Penguin, 1975

Synopsis

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background -- all to help you gain greater insight into great works you're bound to study for school or pleasure."CliffsNotes on Wordsworth's The Prelude" describes the creation of a poet, one who was pivotal in English letters. The general procedure in "The Prelude" is to record an experience from the poet's past and then to examine its philosophical and psychological significance and relate it to society at large and to nature. Indeed, the outstanding virtue of "The Prelude" is its imaginative interpretation of nature.In this study guide, you'll find Life and Background on the Author, Introduction to the Work, and Critical Commentaries on each book of "The Prelude." You'll also find A Brief Synopsis and Critical Essays on the following: Analysis of "The Prelude"Wordsworth's Literary HistoryWordsworth's Poetic TheoryA selected bibliographyAs well as suggested review questions and essay topicsClassic literature or modern-day treasure -- you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0140801057
• ISBN 13: 9780140801057
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576