Wordsworth
Extracts from 'The Prelude', with Other Poems

Originally published in 1932, this book contains a number of extracts from the poems of Wordsworth, including large sections from The Prelude.

William Wordsworth (Author), George Mallaby (Edited by)

9781107437616, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 October 2014

164 pages
19.8 x 12.9 x 0.9 cm, 0.17 kg

Originally published in 1932, this book contains a number of extracts from the poems of Wordsworth, including large sections from The Prelude and a number of his shorter poems. Each poem is prefaced with notes by George Mallaby, and an index of first lines is included at the back. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Wordsworth.

Preface
Introduction
Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey
A poet's epitaph
'Lucy' poems
Michael
Resolution and independence
The solitary reaper
Elegiac stanzas, suggested by a picture of Peele Castle in a storm
Ode to duty
Character of the happy warrior
Ode. Intimations of immortality
Laodamia
Two sonnets on 'the sonnet'
Eight sonnets dedicated to national independence and liberty
Eleven miscellaneous sonnets
The Prelude
A short bibliography
Index of first lines.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]