Recovering Dorothy by Polly Atkin
The first book to focus on Dorothy Wordsworths later life and work and the impact of her disability allowing her to step out from her brothers shadow and back into her own life story.
'Polly Atkin argues for Dorothy’s place in the writing of illness … A narrowing world, she reminds us, need not lead to a narrowing of the self' -- Guardian
'A timely reappraisal …told with great sensitivity and … a grounded perspective of Dorothy’s everyday life in the Lakeland landscape.' -- Cumbria Life, Book of the Month, December 2021
'Dorothy Wordsworth’s life is not worth less when, as Atkin reveals through scholarship and poetry, her ‘keen eye’ is ‘turned not just on the world around her, but on the world inside.’ -- Iona Glen
'The Wordsworths provide … a treasure trove for authors, but this unusual book about Dorothy Wordsworth … is all about her illness. I’ve never seen that subject covered before.' -- Hunter Davies, Cumbria Life
'A fresh, often deeply affecting reappraisal … breaks new ground … The restraint and spareness of Atkin’s writing is extremely powerful … almost leap[ing] off the page.' -- European Romantic Review
'A timely reappraisal …told with great sensitivity and … a grounded perspective of Dorothy’s everyday life in the Lakeland landscape.' -- Cumbria Life, Book of the Month, December 2021
'Dorothy Wordsworth’s life is not worth less when, as Atkin reveals through scholarship and poetry, her ‘keen eye’ is ‘turned not just on the world around her, but on the world inside.’ -- Iona Glen
'The Wordsworths provide … a treasure trove for authors, but this unusual book about Dorothy Wordsworth … is all about her illness. I’ve never seen that subject covered before.' -- Hunter Davies, Cumbria Life
'A fresh, often deeply affecting reappraisal … breaks new ground … The restraint and spareness of Atkin’s writing is extremely powerful … almost leap[ing] off the page.' -- European Romantic Review
Polly Atkin is a multi-award-winning writer, essayist and poet based in Grasmere, Cumbria, where she has worked and researched at Dove Cottage, home of the Wordsworths. Her first poetry collection, Basic Nest Architecture (Seren: 2017), won a Northern Wrtier’s Award and was followed by a third pamphlet, With Invisible Rain (New Walk: 2018). Her first pamphlet, bone song (Aussteiger, 2008), was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Pamphlet Award, 2009, and second, Shadow Dispatches (Seren, 2013), won the Mslexia Pamphlet Prize, 2012.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781913393175 |
| ISBN 10 | 1913393178 |
| Title | Recovering Dorothy |
| Author | Polly Atkin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Saraband |
| Year published | 2021-11-25 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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