The excursion
Subtitle: being a portion of the recluse, a poem
By: By William Wordsworth
Edition: [1st ed.].
Publisher: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Published: 1814
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
Subjects: Epitaphs; History and criticism
Other titles: Essay upon epitaphs.
Description: Wordsworth's longest poem, and the only part of a projected magnum opus to be published in his lifetime, The Excursion has been neglected in favor of its autobiographical companion, The Prelude. It is however one of the great works of English Romanticism, in which Wordsworth succeeds in his object of conveying clear thoughts, lively images, and strong feelings. Through the semi-dramatic adoption of various selves he narrates the stories of a range of Lake District inhabitants, most famously in the tragic tale of the ruined cottage; airs views on the French and Industrial Revolutions (attacking the factory system and advocating universal state education); and meditates on Man, Nature, and Society.  .
Notes: Essay upon epitaphs, prose, first published in the Friend, Feb. 22, 1810, included in notes, pp. 431-446

Includes errata.

Healey, G.H. Wordsworth coll. 1931, 24
Table of contents: title: Book 1, The wanderer; title: 2, The solitary; title: 3, Despondency; title: 4, Despondency corrected; title: 5, The pastor; title: 6-7, The church-yard among the mountains; title: 8, The parsonage; title: 9, Discourse of the wanderer, &c.