Wordsworth: The Prelude / Edition 1

by Stephen Gill

Overview

An introduction to Wordsworth's greatest poem, its creation, historical context, structure and reception history. Stephen Gill places The Prelude in the context of Wordsworth's life, and discusses the various states in which it survives. He gives an account of each book of the 1805 poem, and provides detailed discussion of its blank verse and of the religious viewpoint of the whole. The final chapter is a survey of the work's scholarly and critical reception.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521369886
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/30/1991
Series:	Landmarks of World Literature
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.31(d)

Table of Contents

Chronology; Texts of the prelude; 1. Introduction; 2. The verse; 3. God and nature; 4. The Poem; 5. The Prelude since 1850; Guide to further reading.