Wordsworth's Reading 1770–1799

A directory of authors and books read by Wordsworth before the age of thirty.

Duncan Wu (Author)

9780521416009, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 January 1993

240 pages
23.6 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.535 kg

Wordsworth's Reading 1770–1799 lists all of the authors and (where possible) books known to have been read by William Wordsworth from his childhood until his move to Dove Cottage in 1799 at the age of twenty-nine. This information is presented in an easy-to-use form - in alphabetical order by author - and includes dates of reading and full discussions of the evidence. It draws on analyses of Wordsworth's manuscripts contained in current or forthcoming scholarly editions of his works, and incorporates a great deal of original research into the poet's intellectual development, including studies of the libraries of John Wordsworth Sr. (the poet's father), Hawkshead Grammar School, Racedown Lodge, and the Bristol Library Society. Where possible, surviving copies of Wordsworth's books are examined and described. This is a most complete study of Wordsworth's reading, and will be an essential reference tool for all scholars and students of his work.

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Dates of readings
A note on texts
Wordsworth's reading 1770–1799
Appendix I: possible readings
Appendix II: Wordsworth's Hawkshead and classical educations, and his College examinations at Cambridge
Appendix III: books purchased for Wordsworth, 1784–6
Appendix IV: Wrangham and his library
Appendix V: Thomas Poole's library and the Stowey Book Society
Appendix VI: Coleridge's Bristol Library borrowings
Appendix VII: Joseph Cottle's Bristol Library borrowings
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: poetry & poets [DSC]