[PDF] Wordsworths Poetry 1787 1814 eBook

Author : Geoffrey Hartman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 45,71 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0300214650

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The drama of consciousness and maturation in the growth of a poet's mind is traced from Wordsworth's earliest poems to The Excursion of 1814. Mr. Hartman follows Wordsworth's growth into self-consciousness, his realization of the autonomy of the spirit, and his turning back to nature. The apocalyptic bias is brought out, perhaps for the first time since Bradley's Oxford Lectures, and without slighting in any way his greatness as a nature poet. Rather, a dialectical relation is established between his visionary temper and the slow and vacillating growth of the humanized or sympathetic imagination. Mr. Hartman presents a phenomenology of the mind with important bearings on the Romantic movement as a whole and as confirmation of Wordsworth's crucial position in the history of English poetry. Mr. Hartman is professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Iowa. "A most distinguished book, subtle, penetrating, profound."—Rene Wellek. "If it is the purpose of criticism to illuminate, to evaluate, and to send the reader back to the text for a fresh reading, Hartman has succeeded in establishing the grounds for such a renewal of appreciation of Wordsworth."—Donald Weeks, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.

Author : Tim Fulford
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 29,91 MB
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0812250818

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The later poetry of William Wordsworth, popular in his lifetime and influential on the Victorians, has, with a few exceptions, received little attention from contemporary literary critics. In Wordsworth's Poetry, 1815-1845, Tim Fulford argues that the later work reveals a mature poet far more varied and surprising than is often acknowledged. Examining the most characteristic poems in their historical contexts, he shows Wordsworth probing the experiences and perspectives of later life and innovating formally and stylistically. He demonstrates how Wordsworth modified his writing in light of conversations with younger poets and learned to acknowledge his debt to women in ways he could not as a young man. The older Wordsworth emerges in Fulford's depiction as a love poet of companionate tenderness rather than passionate lament. He also appears as a political poet—bitter at capitalist exploitation and at a society in which vanity is rewarded while poverty is blamed. Most notably, he stands out as a history poet more probing and more clear-sighted than any of his time in his understanding of the responsibilities and temptations of all who try to memorialize the past.

Author : Thomas Jayne Thomas
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1474436900

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Uncovering Wordsworth's influence on TennysonThis book explores Tennyson's poetic relationship with Wordsworth through a close analysis of Tennyson's borrowing of the earlier poet's words and phrases, an approach that positions Wordsworth in Tennyson's poetry in a more centralised way than previously recognised. Focusing on some of the most representative poems of Tennyson's career, including 'The Lady of Shalott', 'Ulysses' and In Memoriam, the study examines the echoes from Wordsworth that these poems contain and the transformative part they play in his poetry, moving beyond existing accounts of Wordsworthian influence in the selected texts to uncover new and revealing connections and interactions that shed a penetrating light on Tennyson's poetic relationship with his Romantic predecessor.Key FeaturesFirst book-length study of Tennyson's poetic relationship with WordsworthBy focusing on echoes or parallel passages, book reevaluates Tennyson's poetic relationship with Wordsworth Reveals Wordsworth as the lynchpin of Tennyson's poetryRecalibrates critical estimates of Tennyson as poet, Poet Laureate and Post-Romantic poet

Author : Daniel Robinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 44,38 MB
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1441150609

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Daniel Robinson provides a comprehensive guide to studying Wordsworth at undergraduate level.

Author : Brian R Bates
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1317322274

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Wordsworth’s process of revision, his organization of poetic volumes and his supplementary writings are often seen as distinct from his poetic composition. Bates asserts that an analysis of these supplementary writings and paratexts are necessary to a full understanding of Wordsworth’s poetry.

Author : Stuart Curran
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 46,39 MB
Release : 1993-01-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521421935

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A unique introduction, guide, and reference work for students and readers of Romantic literature, consisting of eleven original essays.