Title: Wordsworth's poems of travel, 1819-42
First published: 1999
Description: "After William Wordsworth reached his fiftieth year, his publications took new directions, which have been rejected or regarded as mysteries by later generations. This book examines the remarkable sets of poems arising from short journeys in Yorkshire, Scotland, and the Isle of Man, and from more substantial itineraries in Europe.

These are a record of a middle-aged and, later, old man actively 'wayfaring', as he expressed it, gathering impressions of places and people and turning them with poetic skill into sequences which, when examined, turn out to be statements of a poet's duty and England's destiny."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Old age in literature, Poetics, Travel, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Romanticism, Aging in literature, Travelers' writings, English, Travel in literature, History, Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Criticism and interpretation., Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Travel., Travelers' writings, English -- History and criticism., Poetics -- History -- 19th century., Romanticism -- England., Old age in literature., Travel in literature., Aging in literature., English poetry, history and criticism, Travelers' writings, British, Journeys
Places: England
People: William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PR5892.T73 W93 1999