The prelude, 1799, 1805, 1850
Subtitle: authoritative texts, context and reception, recent critical essays
By: William Wordsworth ; [edited by] Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, Stephen Gill
Contributors: Wordsworth, Jonathan, 1932-2006; Abrams, M. H. (Meyer Howard), 1912-; Gill, Stephen Charles
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A Norton critical edition
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 684
Subjects: Authorship; Poets; Poetry; Psychology
Description: Contains three versions of William Wordsworth's poem about "the growth of a poet's mind," featuring the annotated texts of the 1805 and 1850 editions on parallel pages, and including the 1799 two-part version of the poem.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 679-684.