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The Mind of a Poet: The Prelude, Commentary

The Mind of a Poet: The Prelude, Commentary

Paperback

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 142143833X
ISBN13: 9781421438337
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: Mar 24 2020
Pages: 422
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book seeks to study the mind of a poet, specifically by picking William Wordsworth as a case study. The reason for signaling out Wordsworth as the person in whom to study the mind of a poet is that The Prelude reveals with unusual fullness a mind that is fundamentally poetic. Even its peculiarities, its numerous limitations, and its unusual emphases are in the main those of a poet. Besides, poetry--not, as with many other writers, religious or social problems, humanitarianism, science, politics, economics, metaphysics, or literary criticism--was the chief concern of his creative years. Further, the sheer amount of verse, criticism, letters, and journals Wordsworth produced makes him an excellent choice for a study of this kind.

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