William Wordsworth in Context
Publisher: University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781107028418
Subjects: English literature, history and criticism, 19th century; Wordsworth, william, 1770-1850
Description: "William Wordsworth's poetry responded to the enormous literary, political, cultural, technological and social changes that the poet lived through during his lifetime (1770-1850), and to his own transformation from young radical inspired by the French Revolution to Poet Laureate and supporter of the establishment. The poet of the 'egotistical sublime' who wrote the pioneering autobiographical masterpiece, The Prelude, and whose work is remarkable for its investigation of personal impressions, memories and experiences, is also the poet who is critically engaged with the cultural and political developments of his era"--