The Cambridge Companion to Wordsworth (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Cambridge University Press, 6/12/2003
EAN 9780521641166, ISBN10: 0521641160

Hardcover, 324 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

The Cambridge Companion to Wordsworth provides a wide-ranging account of one of the most famous Romantic poets. Specially commissioned essays cover all the important aspects of this multi-faceted writer; the volume examines his poetic achievement with a chapter on poetic craft, while other chapters focus on the origin of his poetry and on the challenges it presented and continues to present. Further contributions include discussions of The Prelude and The Recluse, Wordsworth as philosophic poet, his writing in relation to European Romanticism, and Wordsworth as Nature poet. The collection, by an international team of established specialists concludes with a lucid account of the history of Wordsworth's texts, and offers students invaluable reference material including a chronology and guides to further reading.The volume aims to ensure that its readers will be grounded in the history of Wordsworth's career and his critical reception.

Chronology of Wordsworth's Life and Works
Sources and short forms of citation
Wordsowrth on Poetry and Imagination
Introduction Stephen Gill
1. Wordsworth
the shape of the poetic career Nicola Trott
2. Wordsworth's poetry to 1798 Duncan Wu
3. Poetry, 1798–1807
lyrical ballads and poems, in two volumes James A. Butler
4. The Prelude Lucy Newlyn
5. The Recluse Kenneth R. Johnston
6. Wordsworth and the meaning of taste Frances Ferguson
7. Wordsworth's craft Susan Wolfson
8. Gender and domesticity Judith Page
9. The philosophic poet Stephen Gill
10. Wordsworth and Coleridge Seamus Perry
11. Wordsworth and the natural world Ralph Pite
12. Politics, history, and the poems Nicholas Roe
13. Wordsworth and Romanticism Paul Hamilton
14. Wordsworth and America Joel Pace
15. Guide to further reading with a note on texts Keith Hanley
Index.