The Prelude: Or, Growth of a Poet's Mind (Text of 1805) (Oxford Standard Authors): The Prelude the 1805 Text - Softcover

Wordsworth, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019281074X ISBN 13: 9780192810748

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 1970

Synopsis

The Prelude, Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem, is crucial to our understanding of his life and poetry. Written between 1798 and 1805, the text was intensively revised in Wordsworth's later years. This volume contains the original version of 1805, which was read to Coleridge. The poem was first published in 1850, after the poet's death, and is available in Wordsworth's Poetical Works. To facilitate comparison, line numbers of the 1850 text have been placed in square brackets on the right-hand side of the page.

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Synopsis:

The Prelude, Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem, is crucial to our understanding of his life and poetry. This epic work covers the experiences of Wordsworth's boyhood and his poetic development; his debt to literature; the awakening of his passionate interest in man; his hopes and despair for the French Revolution; his life in London and in the country, the highs and lows of his career; his relationship with his sister Dorothy and his friendship with Coleridge. Through The Prelude Wordsworth was at last free to devote his life to its true vocation and to record his gratitude for the gift which brought him that freedom. Written between 1798 and 1805, it was first published posthumously in 1850 after intensive revision in Wordsworth's later years. This volume contains the original 1805 text edited from manuscripts with a comprehensive introduction and notes.

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The Prelude, Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem is crucial to our understanding of his life and poetry. It was written between 1798 and 1805, after the poet's death, had been subjected to intensive revision in his later years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 019281074X
• ISBN 13: 9780192810748
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: De Selincourt Ernest, Gill Stephen