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The Cambridge Companion to Wordsworth

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Cambridge Companion to Wordsworth
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Stephen Gill
SeriesCambridge Companions to Literature
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:322
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 155
Category/GenreLiterary studies - general
Literary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780521646819
ClassificationsDewey:821.7 821.7
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 12 June 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The Cambridge Companion to Wordsworth provides a wide-ranging account of one of the most famous Romantic poets. Specially commissioned essays cover all the important aspects of this multi-faceted writer; the volume examines his poetic achievement with a chapter on poetic craft, while other chapters focus on the origin of his poetry and on the challenges it presented and continues to present. Further contributions include discussions of The Prelude and The Recluse, Wordsworth as philosophic poet, his writing in relation to European Romanticism, and Wordsworth as Nature poet. The collection, by an international team of established specialists concludes with a lucid account of the history of Wordsworth's texts, and offers students invaluable reference material including a chronology and guides to further reading.The volume aims to ensure that its readers will be grounded in the history of Wordsworth's career and his critical reception.

Author Biography

Stephen Gill is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford. He is the author of Wordsworth and the Victorians (1998).

Reviews

'Altogether this new collection makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the poet and his world.' Contemporary Review