William Wordsworth

by William Wordsworth Narrated by Oliver Ford Davies, Jasper Britton

Overview

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was born in Cockermouth, in the Lake District. His Lyrical Ballads, written in collaboration with Coleridge, was published in 1798, and shortly afterwards he settled in Dove Cottage, Grasmere, with his sister Dorothy. Inspired in his early manhood by the French Revolution, he grew disillusioned with revolutionary politics and in later life became decidedly conservative. He left a vast body of work, ranging from delicately simple lyrics to deeply meditative odes - his most fully-realised ambitious work being The Prelude. This collection is read by Oliver Ford Davies and Jasper Britton.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"This is the essential Wordsworth anthology of the present, with sound notes and texts that ask all the current questions."—Keith Hanley, University of Notre Dame

"Excellent anthology of Wordsworth's work."—Alan Lin, UCSC

"A beautiful edition. I'll be certain to use this one for my Romanticism course."—Christopher Moylan, New York Institute of Technology

"An excellent text with a new approach—to present Wordsworth as his contemporaries read him."—Leonidas M. Jones, University of Vermont

"The only text for an undergraduate or graduate course which is serious about putting Wordsworth's poetry in its historical context."—Aline Fairweather, Temple University

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169199680
Publisher:	Naxos Audiobooks
Publication date:	02/01/2008
Series:	Great Poets
Edition description:	Unabridged Selections

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