Lyrical Ballads (Longman Annotated Texts) - Softcover

Mullan, Prof John; Wordsworth, William

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9780582033030: Lyrical Ballads (Longman Annotated Texts)

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ISBN 10: 0582033039 ISBN 13: 9780582033030

Publisher: Longman, 1992

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The editon reproduces, in a slightly modernised form, the 1805 text of the collection - the last to be preparded by Wordsworth, which sought to create a radically new kind of verse dealing with human passions. For nearly two hundred years, scholars and critics have deepened our understanding of these and other poems, and this editon brings together the very best of these works. It contains, in full, the poets' comments on their work, ranging from the famous 'Preface' to incidental remarks in their letters and conversation. There is a substantial and challenging critical introduction to the whole collection, and each poem has a headnote and generous on-page annotation.

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"...marvellously good...a beautiful example of focused scholarship." Stephen Gill

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Coleridge (1772-1834) has been criticized as a political turn-coat, drug addict and plagiarist whose wrecked career left only a handful of magical early poems. But the shaping influence of his highly imaginative criticism is now generally accepted,and his position, along with Wordsworth (1770-1850), as one of the two great progenitors of the English Romantic spirit is assured. A great innovator, Wordsworth permanently enlarged the range of English poetry both in subject matter and treatment.

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