The Cambridge Companion to Wordsworth

Stephen Gill (Curatore)

Cambridge University Press, 2003

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.

• Curatore: Stephen Gill
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Anno: 2003
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 322 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 155 mm
• Peso: 530 gr.
• EAN: 9780521646819

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