The Cambridge Companion to Wordsworth

The Cambridge Companion to Wordsworth by Stephen Gill

The Cambridge Companion to Wordsworth provides a wide-ranging account of one of the most famous Romantic poets. Specially commissioned essays cover all the important aspects of this multi-faceted writer; the volume examines his poetic achievement with a chapter on poetic craft, while other chapters focus on the origin of his poetry and on the challenges it presented and continues to present. Further contributions include discussions of The Prelude and The Recluse, Wordsworth as philosophic poet, his writing in relation to European Romanticism, and Wordsworth as Nature poet. The collection, by an international team of established specialists concludes with a lucid account of the history of Wordsworth's texts, and offers students invaluable reference material including a chronology and guides to further reading.The volume aims to ensure that its readers will be grounded in the history of Wordsworth's career and his critical reception.

'Altogether this new collection makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the poet and his world' Contemporary Review

Stephen Gill is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford. He is the author of Wordsworth and the Victorians (1998).

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ISBN 13	9780521646819
ISBN 10	0521646812
Title	The Cambridge Companion to Wordsworth
Author	Stephen Gill
Series	Cambridge Companions To Literature
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2003-06-12
Number of pages	322
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