Title: Poetics and politics : the revolutions of Wordsworth /
Authors: Liu, Yu, 1955-
Publisher: P. Lang,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Wordsworth, William, Political and social views.; Politics and literature Great Britain History; Revolutionary poetry, English History and criticism.; Political poetry, English History and criticism.; English poetry French influences; Radicalism in literature.; France History Influence.; France History Foreign public opinion, British.
Abstract: Scholarship on Wordsworth has long been concerned with the relationship between his poetry and his politics. Poetics and Politics contributes significantly to the ongoing discussion by breaking through the "either-or" assumption that underwrites most theses. Dr. Liu focuses on the poetry of Wordsworth in the late 1790s and the early 1800s, exploring both his critique of a heroic model of political interventionism and his promotion of an egalitarian model of poet-reader cooperation.