Wordsworth: A Poet's History

by K. Hanley

Overview

Wordsworth: A Poet's History examines the range of Wordsworth's poetry and criticism over the course of his career. It examines the writer and his works against the backdrop of revolutionary history, public, personal as well as political. The study foregrounds the ways in which Wordsworth's account of 'self-representation in poetic language' coils around and recoils from the linguistic traumas excited by the French Revolution. The book also examines Wordsworth's patriotism and the evolution of this as demonstrated in his poetry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349423781
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/12/2000
Edition description:	1st ed. 2001
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

KEITH HANLEY is Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University, where he has directed The Wordsworth Centre since 1989. He is co-editor, with Greg Kucich, of the interdisciplinary journal Nineteenth-Century Contexts and the book series Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies.

Table of Contents

Dedication List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: The Secret Histories of Wordsworth Keeping Mum Mum's the Word Describing the Revolution Changing Spots The Shock of the Old Notes Works Cited Index

Editorial Reviews

Hanley (English, Lancaster U.) has directed the Wordsworth Centre at Lancaster since 1989. He examines how poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850) discovered the linguistic resources with which to contain the traumas of revolutionary history, public and personal. He also considers how his poetic language has been called on by later generations of writers to withstand or quality the shock of The Modern. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Hanley, although his writing is strained at times, is straightforward and engaging in setting his strategy. The Wordsworth Circle

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