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William Wordsworth: The Poetry of Grandeur and of Tenderness

William Wordsworth: The Poetry of Grandeur and of Tenderness

Hardcover

Series: Rle: Wordsworth and Coleridge, Book 8

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1138670219
ISBN13: 9781138670211
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 31 2016
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

First published in 1982. In this study of Wordsworth's major poetry, the author explores the conflict between the poet's celebration of an impersonal earth and his concern for the most intensely personal relationships. The opening chapter concentrates on Wordsworth's struggle to describe the natural world and the extraordinary claims he makes for the natural landscape - which are shown to derive not from vague mysticism but precisely articulated common sense. The close readings of Michael, The Idiot Boy, Tintern Abbey and The Ruined Cottage, and poems as passages on solitaries are supported by generous quotations and discussion of other critical views.

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