The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth (Wordsworth Poetry Library) - Softcover

Wordsworth, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853264016 ISBN 13: 9781853264016

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions, 1994

Synopsis

This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive 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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Synopsis

This full edition of Wordsworth's poetical works shows how the poet was much influenced by the events of the French revolution in his youth, breaking away from the artificial diction of the Augustan and neo-classical traditions of the 18th century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1853264016
• ISBN 13: 9781853264016
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1120