num_pages: 416
description: William Wordsworth's long poem The Prelude is a fascinating work-as autobiography, the fruit of many attempts at understanding the formative period of Wordsworth's life; as a fragment of historical evidence from the revolutionary and post-revolutionary years; as an unstable literary text, which mutated through at least five discernable versions from 1799-1839; and as a poem offering the pleasures of blank verse in a variety and to an intensity unmatched in English non-dramatic poetry. In this collection, leading Wordsworth scholar Stephen Gill, gathers together thirteen influential essays on The Prelude . The volume as a whole is a useful and inspiring companion for students and general readers of Wordsworth's greatest, but most demanding poem.
language: English
title: William Wordsworth's The Prelude: A Casebook
titlecomplete: William Wordsworth's The Prelude: A Casebook (Casebooks in Criticism)
genres: Literature, Classics, School, English Literature, Classic Literature, 19th Century, Fiction, Poetry, Romanticism, British Literature
ratings_count: 3845
publisher: Oxford University Press