William Wordsworth in Context

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-108-41282-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 359 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Literature in Context

This book provides the essential contexts for an understanding of all aspects of the major English Romantic poet, William Wordsworth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennett, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Chronology; Part I. Life and Works: 1. Biography Stephen Gill; 2. The Wordsworth circle Susan M. Levin; 3. Dorothy Wordsworth Judith W. Page; 4. Composition and revision Sally Bushell; 5. Prose Tim Milnes; Part II. Reception and Influence: 6. The critical reception, 1793–1806 David Higgins; 7. The critical reception, 1807–18 Peter Simonsen; 8. The critical reception, 1819–50 Richard Cronin; 9. English poetry, 1900–30 Michael O'Neill; 10. Wordsworth now Maureen N. McLane; Part III. Literary Traditions: 11. Eighteenth-century poetry Kevis Goodman; 12. The ballad tradition Daniel Cook; 13. The pastoral-georgic tradition David Fairer; 14. The popular tradition Ann Wierda Rowland; 15. Elegy Paul H. Fry; 16. The sonnet Daniel Robinson; 17. Autobiography Josh Wilner; 18. Epitaphs and inscriptions Samantha Matthews; 19. Sensibility, sympathy and sentiment James Chandler; Part IV. Cultural and Historical Contexts: 20. Revolution John Bugg; 21. Poverty and crime Toby Benis; 22. Europe Michael Ferber; 23. War Simon Bainbridge; 24. Nature and the environment Scott Hess; 25. London Christopher Stokes; 26. Family and friendship Anne D. Wallace; 27. Education Frances Ferguson; 28. Animals Kurt Fosso; 29. Philosophy Stuart Allen; 30. Religion Jonathan Roberts; 31. The senses Noel Jackson; 32. Language Alexander Regier; 33. The sublime Philip Shaw; 34. Walking and travel Robin Jarvis; 35. Painting, spectacle and the visual Sophie Thomas; Further reading.

Über Autor(innen)

Bennett, Andrew
Andrew Bennett is Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Romantic and Victorian Studies at the University of Bristol. His publications include Romantic Poets and the Culture of Posterity (Cambridge, 1999), Wordsworth Writing (Cambridge, 2007), Ignorance: Literature and Agnoiology (2009) and, with Nicholas Royle, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory, 4th edition (2009) and This Thing Called Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing (2015).