The Life of William Wordsworth: A Critical Biography
- ISBN-10
- 0470655445
- ISBN-13
- 9780470655443
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 500
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-04-07
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Author
- Thomas Lockwood
Description
By examining the family and financial circumstances of Wordsworth’s early years, this illuminating biography reshapes our understanding of the great Romantic poet’s most creative period of life and writing. Features new research into Wordsworth’s financial situation, and into how the poet and his family survived financially Offers a new understanding of the role of his great unwritten poem ‘The Recluse’ Presents a new assessment of the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge
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