William Wordsworth's Golden Age theories during the Industrial Revolution in England, 1750-1850
By: Mark Keay.
Series: Studies in modern history; Studies in modern history (Palgrave (Firm))
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Houndsmills, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Knowledge -- History.; Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Political and social views.; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Literature and history -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Pastoral poetry, English -- History and criticism.; Industrial revolution -- England -- History.; Golden age (Mythology) in literature.; Industrial revolution in literature.; Social values in literature.; Country life in literature.; Populism in literature.; Lake District (England) -- In literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-286) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 1 Old Lakeland: a Golden Age Ideal 21 2 Land Tenure: a Lake District Survey 50 3 Wordsworth and Cobbett: a Comparison 68 4 Wordsworth and Burke: a Contrast 128 5 Wordsworth: a Weberian Account 155 Appendix I Wordsworth's Use of the Words 'Peasant' and 'Peasantry' in his Poems, 1787-1850 199 Appendix II Wordsworth and 'the vices of an archaic tenurial law': a Rebuttal of Criticisms by V. G. Kiernan 201.