Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, English Poetry - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, Public Opinion - Regional, English Fiction & Prose Literature - 19th Century - Literary Criticism, France - Diplomatic Relations, 1789 - 1815 (Rev
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Overview
Scholarship on Wordsworth has long been concerned with the relationship between his poetry and his politics. Poetics and Politics contributes significantly to the ongoing discussion by breaking through the "either-or" assumption that underwrites most theses. Dr. Liu focuses on the poetry of Wordsworth in the late 1790s and the early 1800s, exploring both his critique of a heroic model of political interventionism and his promotion of an egalitarian model of poet-reader cooperation. In the context of Wordsworth's crisis of belief, this study shows how his poetic innovations constituted his daring and brilliant revaluation of his political commitment.Editorials
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Focusing on the poetry of Wordsworth in the late 1790s and early 1800s, Liu (English, Niagra County Community College) explores the poet's critique of a heroic model of intervention and his promotion of an egalitarian method of poet-reader cooperation. Liu argues that, despite the ostensible disengagement of Wordsworth's poetry from political and social action, his turn towards subjectivity actually constituted a daring revaluation of political commitment. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
June 18, 1999
Publisher
New York : P. Lang, c1999.
Pages
138
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780820441689