{"product_id":"wordsworth-paperback-9781108034487","title":"Wordsworth (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108034487","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWordsworth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst published in 1881, this biography explores the life and work of William Wordsworth (1770–1850), the English romantic poet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eF. W. H. Myers (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108034487, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e198 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.1 cm, 0.26 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe publication in 1798 of Lyrical Ballads, written by William Wordsworth (1770–1850) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is considered to have launched the Romantic movement. Published in 1881 in the first series of 'English Men of Letters', this biography of Wordsworth by classical scholar and psychical researcher F. W. H. Myers (1843–1901) shows how Wordsworth's profound imagination and thought characterised and shaped his literary era. He discusses the influence of Wordsworth's upbringing and love for the natural world on works such as The Excursion, and The Prelude, which are said to have marked the transition from neoclassicism to Romanticism. Showing Wordsworth to be widely respected as 'so much besides a poet', Myers describes the circumstances in which Wordsworth accepted the Laureateship in 1843, an apparent surrender to 'the establishment' which poets such as Robert Browning regarded as a betrayal of his own earlier radical idealism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Birth and education - Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e 2. Residence in London and in France\u003cbr\u003e 3. Miss Wordsworth - Lyrical Ballads - settlement at Grasmere\u003cbr\u003e 4. The English lakes\u003cbr\u003e 5. Marriage - society - highland tour\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sir George Beaumont - death of John Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e 7. Happy Warrior and patriotic poems\u003cbr\u003e 8. Children - life at Rydal Mount - The Excursion\u003cbr\u003e 9. Poetic diction - Laodamia - Evening Ode\u003cbr\u003e 10. Natural religion\u003cbr\u003e 11. Italian tour - Ecclesiastical Sonnets - political views - laureateship\u003cbr\u003e 12. Letters on the Kendal and Windermere Railway - conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266040844568,"sku":"9781108034487","price":21.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108034487i.jpg?v=1694873794","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/wordsworth-paperback-9781108034487","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}