Wordsworth: The Prelude - Brossura

Gill, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 0521369886 ISBN 13: 9780521369886

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Riassunto

In this introduction to Wordsworth's greatest poem, its creation, historical context, structure and reception history, Stephen Gill places The Prelude in the context of Wordsworth's life, and discusses the various states in which it survives. He gives an account of each book of the 1805 poem, and provides detailed discussion of its blank verse and of the religious viewpoint of the whole. The final chapter is a survey of the work's scholarly and critical reception.

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Descrizione del libro:

In this introduction to Wordsworth's greatest poem, its creation, historical context, structure and reception history, Stephen Gill places The Prelude in the context of Wordsworth's life, and discusses the various states in which it survives.

Contenuti:

Chronology; Texts of the prelude; 1. Introduction; 2. The verse; 3. God and nature; 4. The Poem; 5. The Prelude since 1850; Guide to further reading.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0521369886
• ISBN 13: 9780521369886
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 128