| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 684 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
A Norton critical edition
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 683-684. |
| Contents |
Events of Wordsworth's life -- Two-part prelude of 1799 -- Prelude of 1805 in thirteen books -- Prelude of 1850 in fourteen books -- Drafts and fragments, 1798-1804 -- Manuscripts of the prelude, 1798-1850 -- Texts: History and presentation -- Context and reception: References to the prelude in process: 1799-1850 -- Early reception -- Recent critical essays: Two-part prelude of 1799 -- Design of the prelude: Wordsworth's long journey home -- Poet's progress: Wordsworth and the via naturaliter negativa -- Prelude: Metaphors of beginning and where they lead -- Sense in the prelude -- Images of interaction in the prelude -- Is the prelude a philosophical poem? -- Bibliography of works cited and consulted -- Selected reading. |
| Summary |
Contains three versions of William Wordsworth's poem about "the growth of a poet's mind," featuring the annotated texts of the 1805 and 1850 editions on parallel pages, and including the 1799 two-part version of the poem. |
| Subject |
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. Prelude.
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| Added Author |
Wordsworth, Jonathan, 1932-2006.
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Abrams, M. H. (Meyer Howard), 1912-2015
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Gill, Stephen.
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| ISBN |
0393044963 |
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039309071X paperback |
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