William Wordsworth
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William Wordsworth
By (Author) William Wordsworth
Edited by Seamus Heaney
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
22nd June 2016
19th May 2016
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
Poetry by individual poets
821.7
Physical Properties
Hardback
160
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 11mm
217g
Description
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature.
Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty . . .-- Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
Author Bio
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland. In 1798 he published the Lyrical Ballads with Coleridge, settling shortly after in Dove Cottage, Grasmere with his sister, Dorothy. He died at Rydal Mount in 1850, shortly before the posthumous publication of that landmark of English Romanticism, The Prelude.
