Poems, in Two Volumes - Couverture souple

Wordsworth, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1554811244 ISBN 13 : 9781554811243

Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

Published seven years after William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s popular collection Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth’s Poems, in Two Volumes shocked readers and drew scornful reviews. Poems was a revolutionary challenge to literary taste in revolution-weary times. The poems were perceived as inappropriately personal and egotistical in the attention that the poet pays to “moods of [his own] mind.” The collection is now seen as containing some of the most enduring works of British Romantic poetry, and Wordsworth’s achievement in opening up new worlds of subject matter, emotion, and poetic expression is widely recognized.

Richard Matlak places the initial reaction to Poems in its historical context and explains the sea change in critical and popular opinion about these poems. The extensive historical documents place the poems in the context of Wordsworth’s life, contemporary politics, and the literary world of the early nineteenth century.

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À propos de l'auteur

Richard Matlak is Professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1554811244
• ISBN 13: 9781554811243
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Éditeur: Matlak Richard
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