Although William Wordsworth is now regarded as the central poet of his age, during his lifetime Byron or Scott, and later Tennyson, received more popular acclaim. Even readers in the nineteenth century who argued for Wordsworth's centrality did so on...

Discussing prose written by poets, Joseph Brodsky has remarked, "the tradition of dividing literature into poetry and prose dates from the beginnings of prose, since it was only in prose that such a distinction could be made." This insight is worth...

William Wordsworth (1770-1850), an early leader of romanticism in English poetry, ranks as one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of English literature. William Wordsworth was born in Cookermouth, Cumberland, on April 7, 1770, the second child...

British Library Writers' Lives Hebron, Stephen William Wordsworth 2000. 120pp. $22.95 pbk. Oxford University Press. 0-19-521560-5. Grade 10 & Up This newest edition to the series is a scholarly yet comprehensible work chronicling Wordsworth's life and career. Hebron is the curator of...

The fifth book of William Wordsworth's work entitled 'The Prelude' contains a narrative of a nightmare about a forthcoming apocalyptic flood. The dream sequence is considered pre-Freudian in the sense that it precedes Freud's theory on the subject and contains the elements that interested...

Slam poetry got a fresh twist when three Victorian-era re-enactors read from such poets as William Wordsworth and Emily Dickinson in a setting that was fitting for the event _ a 19th-century stone mansion.Actor Craig Johnson, wearing a gray frock coat typical of the period,...

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In the following essay, Woodman discusses subtle echoes of the Miltonic Satan in William Wordsworth's poetry.

Essay discusses the poetry of William Wordsworth.

Examines the values and attitudes toward nature and spirituality presented in Malouf's "Imaginary Life" and Wordsworth's poetry.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is considered among the most talented and influential poets of the Romantic era of literature. His poetic masterpieces express the general Romantic philosophy by stressing the importance of the human imagination, emotions, and feelings over rationality and reason. This is particularly evident in the poems "The World is Too Much with Us," "Tintern Abbey," and "We are Seven."