Wordsworth's PoetsDuncan Wu A unique opportunity to examine the apprenticeship of a great writer, this selection of poems composed between 1785 and 1790 reveals a precocious and remarkably accomplished early talent and shows that even in his earliest work, Wordsworth was already preoccupied with the themes that would later be explored fully in The Prelude. |
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... Date of reading : 1790-1 Wordsworth read Williams ' novel Julia soon after publication in 1790 ; he was intending to seek her out on his next visit to Paris ( where she lived in exile ) . Just before sailing in November 1791 he visited ...
... Date of reading : 1790-1 Wordsworth read Williams ' novel Julia soon after publication in 1790 ; he was intending to seek her out on his next visit to Paris ( where she lived in exile ) . Just before sailing in November 1791 he visited ...
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... date of reading : shortly before 5 January 1805 My Brother chanced to meet with Richardson's letters at a Friend's house , and glancing over them , read those written by Mrs Klopstock , he was exceedingly affected by them and said it ...
... date of reading : shortly before 5 January 1805 My Brother chanced to meet with Richardson's letters at a Friend's house , and glancing over them , read those written by Mrs Klopstock , he was exceedingly affected by them and said it ...
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Duncan Wu. John Milton , Paradise Lost Book VI ( extract ) Date of reading : between 30 October and 2 November 1806 Wordsworth's patron , Sir George Beaumont , owned a large prop- erty , Coleorton Hall , in Leicestershire , close to ...
Duncan Wu. John Milton , Paradise Lost Book VI ( extract ) Date of reading : between 30 October and 2 November 1806 Wordsworth's patron , Sir George Beaumont , owned a large prop- erty , Coleorton Hall , in Leicestershire , close to ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
James Graham 1st Marquis of Montrose Great | 15 |
Acknowledgements | 23 |
Copyright | |
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