Bennett William Wordsworth in Context

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-316-23604-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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Reihe: Literature in Context

William Wordsworth in Context offers thirty-five concise and readable chapters on the essential contexts for understanding all aspects of the leading English Romantic poet. It discusses Wordsworth's life, family and friendships, his critical reception, and key aspects of the cultural, historical, political, and scientific contexts in which he wrote.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennett, Andrew

Fachgebiete

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

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, 1807–1818 Peter Simonsen; 8. The critical reception, 1819–1850 Richard Cronin; 9. English poetry, 1900–1930 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 University Press, 1999), Wordsworth Writing (Cambridge University Press, 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 (forthcoming, 2015).