The Life of William Wordsworth: A Critical Biography
John Worthen
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Description for The Life of William Wordsworth: A Critical Biography
Hardcover. By examining the family and financial circumstances of Wordsworth s early years, this illuminating biography reshapes our understanding of the great Romantic poet s most creative period of life and writing. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 780.
By examining the family and financial circumstances of Wordsworth’s early years, this illuminating biography reshapes our understanding of the great Romantic poet’s most creative period of life and writing.
- Features new research into Wordsworth’s financial situation, and into how the poet and his family survived financially
- Offers a new understanding of the role of his great unwritten poem ‘The Recluse’
- Presents a new assessment of the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780470655443
SKU
V9780470655443
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About John Worthen
JOHN WORTHEN is Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham, UK. His books include The Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2010), Robert Schumann: Life and Death of a Musician (2007), D. H. Lawrence: The Life of an Outsider (2005), The Gang: Coleridge, the Hutchinsons and the Wordsworths in 1802 (2001), and D. H. Lawrence: The Early Years 18851912 (1991).
Reviews for The Life of William Wordsworth: A Critical Biography
“John Worthen’s engaging new biography of Wordsworth begins by quoting the poet’s recollection of himself at around the age of 10, surveying tall trees, black chasms, and dizzy crags: ‘I loved to stand and & read j Their looks forbidding’, he says, ‘read & disobey’ (p. 3). . . Worthen’s book is a revealing account of the consequences of that ... Read more