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William Wordsworth/
"Beginning with a fresh assessment of the controversies that developed around Lyrical Ballads, the chapters trace the evolution of both Wordsworth's poetry and his reputation through to his death in 1850. At each stage, Williams investigates the possible reasons why critics and readers res...
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Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave,
2002.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The Early Years: Politics and Poetry
- 2. New Directions: The Ruined Cottage
- 3. New Directions: Lyrical Ballads
- 4. Putting the Poetry in Order: Poems in Two Volumes (1807)
- 5. Three Narrative Poems: Peter Bell (1798/1819), Benjamin the Waggoner (1806/1819), The White Doe of Rylstone (1807/1815)
- 6. The Poem and the Poet in Exile: Issues of Textual Identity: The Prelude (1)
- 7. Two Consciousnesses: The Prelude (2)
- 8. A Choice of Texts, a Choice of Wordsworths: Reading The Excursion Over Two Centuries
- 9. Making the Best Of It: The Later Poetry
- 10. Conclusion: Critical Issues Then and Now.