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William Wordsworth in Context

Hardback

Main Details

Title William Wordsworth in Context
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Andrew Bennett
SeriesLiterature in Context
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:360
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781107028418
ClassificationsDewey:821.7
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 3 Halftones, unspecified; 3 Halftones, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 12 February 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

William Wordsworth's poetry responded to the enormous literary, political, cultural, technological and social changes that the poet lived through during his lifetime (1770-1850), and to his own transformation from young radical inspired by the French Revolution to Poet Laureate and supporter of the establishment. The poet of the 'egotistical sublime' who wrote the pioneering autobiographical masterpiece, The Prelude, and whose work is remarkable for its investigation of personal impressions, memories and experiences, is also the poet who is critically engaged with the cultural and political developments of his era. William Wordsworth in Context presents thirty-five concise chapters on contexts crucial for an understanding and appreciation of this leading Romantic poet. It focuses on his life, circle, and composition; on his reception and influence; on the significance of late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century literary contexts; and on the historical, political, scientific and philosophical issues that helped to shape Wordsworth's poetry and prose.

Author Biography

Andrew Bennett is Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Romantic and Victorian Studies at the University of Bristol. His publications include Romantic Poets and the Culture of Posterity (Cambridge, 1999), Wordsworth Writing (Cambridge, 2007), Ignorance: Literature and Agnoiology (2009) and, with Nicholas Royle, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory, 4th edition (2009) and This Thing Called Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing (2015).