Selected Poetry (World's Classics)

by Duncan Wu (Editor), Duncan Wu (Editor), William Wordsworth (Author), Stephen Gill (Editor)

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  1997

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  William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is one of the most significant poets of English Romanticism. Wordsworth's declaration was a belief in the power of poetry to teach by appealing to the imagination and to the `grand elementary principle of pleasure, by which man knows, and feels, and lives, and moves'. His unique relationship with the poet and political activist, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, founded in the political and social ferment of 1795, produced a revolution in literature, and the annus mirabilis of 1797-8 was one of intense creativity resulting in the joint volume, Lyrical Ballads (1798-1805) - a landmark in the history of English Romanticism. Wordsworth's radical innovations in poetic diction embodied the convictions by which he was struggling to live, and his thought through lyrical utterance and dramatic narrative everywhere asserts the vital significance of feeling both as a bond between men and as a means of discovering the unity of the individual consciousness with the divine, in a coherent and unified vision. This selection, chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition, includes Wordsworth's finest verse, and a large sample of The Prelude and his autobiographical poem in blank verse. This collection is aimed at lovers of English poetry and literature, English A-level students and English literature undergraduates.

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  1996

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  Paperback
  2008

  $10.31

  Wordsworth (1770-1850) is one of the most important and enduringly popular of all the English poets. Wordsworth's verse declares a belief in the power of poetry to teach by appealing to the imagination and to the 'grand elementary principle of pleasure, by which man knows, and feels, and lives, and moves'. His unique relationship with the poet and political activist Samuel Taylor Coleridge, founded in the political and social ferment of 1795, produced a revolution in literature, resulting in the joint volume, Lyrical Ballads (1798-1805) - a landmark in the history of English Romanticism. In this edition the poems are given in the texts in which they first appeared, and were appreciated by Keats, Shelley, Hazlitt and other contemporaries. This selection, chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition, includes all Wordsworth's finest lyrics, and a large sample of The Prelude (1805), his extraordinary autobiographical poem in blank verse and the first truly great acheivement of a new era in English ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.