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Here, newly edited from manuscripts held by The Wordsworth Trust, is an entirely new edition of 'The Prelude', the most resonant poem of the entire Romantic Era. Over the last 150 years this poetic autobiography has emerged as one of the most admired works in all of English literature and...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
Here, newly edited from manuscripts held by The Wordsworth Trust, is an entirely new edition of 'The Prelude', the most resonant poem of the entire Romantic Era. Over the last 150 years this poetic autobiography has emerged as one of the most admired works in all of English literature and certainly as the pre-eminent long poem expressing a personal romantic spirit. It tells the story of the growth of imagination and love in the mind of one of the finest poets of the last 250 years. It recounts Wordsworth's childhood and youth, his days at Cambridge, residence in London, walking tour of the Alps, his witnessing of the French Revolution, crisis and turmoil over the apparent failure of its revolutionary ideals, and the ultimate restoration of imaginative power. The poem is spiritual and inward, yet anchored in particulars of landscape and events of history. Marginal glosses, a unique feature of this edition, guide the reader through the design and flow of the poem. |
| Item Description: | "Published in the United States by David R. Godine"--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 281 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 x 32 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279). |
| ISBN: |
9780198792666 (hardback) : 0198792662 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | PR5864 |
| CLC: | I561.24 |
| Call Number: | I561.24/W926-3 |