Wordsworth's Reading 18001815
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 29, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780521496742
Subjects: Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies; Poetry & poets: 19th century; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850; Private libraries; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; British Isles; History; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Wordsworth, William; Wordsworth, William,--1770-1850--Books and reading; Biography; Poets, English; Wordsworth, William,; 1770-1850; 19th century; Books And Reading; Catalogs; England; Library
First sentence: In his letter to John Wilson of 7 June 1802, W mentioned 'Adam Smith, who, we [are] told, could not endure the Ballad of Clym of the Clough, because the [au]thor had not written like a gentleman' (EY 354-5).
Description: xxix, 307 p. ; 24 cm