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Overview
This is the first sustained analysis of the complex autobiographical voice in Wordsworth's poetry. In the winter of 1798-99, shut up in the freezing German town of Goslar, William Wordsworth began producing a series of lyrical fragments that appeared first in letters written to Coleridge and emerged eventually as source texts for The Prelude. These lyrics are revolutionary because they construct a new version of the autobiographical "I". This book explores the numerous voices of the poetic speaker "Wordsworth" and their relationship to the historical figure who shared the same name.Editorials
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Examines how, over the winter of 1798-99, the British poet began to construct a new version of the autobiographical first person. Describes how he struggled with such questions as how a 28-year- old author could write a Great Poem, how he could satisfy both the expectations of his imagination and his actual readers, and how to fashion his own life into and out of poetry. The lyrical fragments he produced at that time eventually emerged as source texts for The Prelude. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
May 1, 1998
Publisher
Basingstoke : Macmillan ; 1998.
Pages
209
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312211653