The Prelude or Growth of a Poet's Mind

William Wordsworth

Edité par Oxford University Press / The Clarendon Press, 1965

A propos de cet article

"WILLIAM WORDSWORTH - The Prelude or Growth of a Poet's Mind" - Edited from the Manuscripts with Introduction, Textual and Critical Notes by Ernest de Selincourt. 1965 2nd edition (stated); The Clarendon Press; Oxford, UK. The book is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Wordsworth, and six facsimiles (two span two pages, and two are fold-outs). "The Prelude" is an autobiographical poem by Wordsworth that details his personal and intellectual development from childhood to maturity, with a particular focus on his experiences with nature and his role as a poet. The poem, which explorers human consciousness and the formation of the self through a spiritual journey, was published posthumously but is considered a masterpiece of English Romantic poetry. Condition: The book is in Very Good- condition. Clean covers and spine. There is a marginal crack at the hinge between pages XII & XIII . Both covers are firmly attached. The text pages are clean with the exception of a small, light smudge at the outer margin of page 254, a 1.5" vertical pen line at the outer margin of page 66, and a few small, light smudges on the half title page. Name/date (1967) written in pen on the front end paper. The rear end paper has a note written in pen at the top edge.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Prelude or Growth of a Poet's Mind
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press / The Clarendon Press
• Date de parution: 1965
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 2nd Edition, Illustrated Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good