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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... appeared , but the Rydal Mount auction catalogue records that it contained an ownership inscription : ' Sent to me by the Author from Paris W.W. ' For more on Wordsworth's meeting with Williams , see page 138 . - " To Twilight ' is here ...
... appeared , but the Rydal Mount auction catalogue records that it contained an ownership inscription : ' Sent to me by the Author from Paris W.W. ' For more on Wordsworth's meeting with Williams , see page 138 . - " To Twilight ' is here ...
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... appearance . - We do not know for certain where Wordsworth read that first pub- lished text , as it appeared simultaneously in a range of titles , but we can make a good guess . One of the ' English newspapers ' to publish the poem in ...
... appearance . - We do not know for certain where Wordsworth read that first pub- lished text , as it appeared simultaneously in a range of titles , but we can make a good guess . One of the ' English newspapers ' to publish the poem in ...
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... appeared to lie on a bed of rocks . When it was calm , and the sun shone bright , I could sit in my canoe , where the depth was upwards of six fathoms , and plainly see huge piles of stone at the bottom , of different shapes , some of ...
... appeared to lie on a bed of rocks . When it was calm , and the sun shone bright , I could sit in my canoe , where the depth was upwards of six fathoms , and plainly see huge piles of stone at the bottom , of different shapes , some of ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
James Graham 1st Marquis of Montrose Great | 15 |
Acknowledgements | 23 |
Copyright | |
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