The Hidden Wordsworth - Brossura

Johnston, Kenneth R.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0393321592 ISBN 13: 9780393321593

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2013

Riassunto

A study of the English poet's emotional life, his relationships, his political ties, and his associations with other literary phenoms of his time exposes little-known details about the young William Wordsworth. A New York Times Notable Book. Reprint.

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In this fascinating account, Kenneth R. Johnston portrays a Wordsworth different in crucial ways from the one the poet intended us to know. Taking advantage of unprecedented access to archives, family papers, and letters, he reveals the poet's complex relationship with his sister Dorothy; the full story of the affair with his French mistress, Annette Vallon; and his surprisingly close connections to both radical reformers and the political establishment of his day, including members of the newly formed British Secret Service in England and Germany. The Hidden Wordsworth also explores the poet's intense and often destructive relations with a cluster of young writers, leading up to his friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This brilliantly insightful biography breaks through the carefully crafted but frequently misleading accounts of his youth Wordsworth created in his conservative later years. The Hidden Wordsworth reveals the radical young poet whose powerful intellect revolutionized English poetry.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0393321592
• ISBN 13: 9780393321593
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 738