Wordsworth's View of NatureCambridge University Press, 2013 M12 19 - 138 pages Originally published in 1948, this book provides a discussion of Wordsworth's perspective on nature, taking into account his position as the only poetic figure 'in whom it is possible to study the transition from Romantic into Victorian'. This transition, both in social and literary terms, is presented as being of fundamental importance to gaining an understanding of the Victorian age. The text incorporates detailed analysis of The Prelude and Lyrical Ballads, together with other areas of Wordsworth's oeuvre. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Wordsworth, Romanticism and the beginnings of the Victorian age. |
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Annette appears attitude to Nature Basil Willey beauty believe Bk viii Bk x1 Bk xii Bk XIII blessings breath C. E. Montague child Christian Coleridge creatures dalesmen David Hartley delight difficult Dorothy Dorothy Wordsworth earlier earth eternal evil Excursion faith in Nature feelings felt forms of Nature give grandeur Grasmere happy Hartley Hartley's heart hope human mind idea imaginative inspiration interfused kind knowledge L.W. Early Letters later law of association light lines live look Lyrical Ballads man's mankind meaning ministry of fear moral mystical experience nation natural education natural forms Nature's never objects passage passion Peele Castle philosophy poem poet poetry political Prelude pure religion Revolution River Duddon seemed sense society soul speak spirit things Thomas Hardy thought Tintern Abbey tion true truth universe view of Nature Wanderer whole Words Wordsworth worth wrote young youth