Wordsworth's Bardic vocation, 1787-1842 / Richard Gravil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gravil, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850--Criticism and interpretation.

Wordsworth, William.

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.

Literature and history--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and history.

Criticism and interpretation.

Great Britain.

History.

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850--Knowledge and learning--History.

Historical poetry, English--History and criticism.

Historical poetry, English.

Druids and druidism in literature.

Mythology, Celtic, in literature.

Bards and bardism in literature.

Nationalism in literature.

Nature in literature.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

From 1787 to 1842, Wordsworth is preoccupied with the themes of loss and death, and with "natural piety" in the lives of people and nations. Beginning with his consciousness of the Bards and Druids of Cumbria, this book treats Wordsworth's oeuvre, including the "Gothic" juvenilia, "The Ruined Cottage, Lyrical Ballads, Poems in Two Volumes, The Excursion," and the "Poems "of 1842, as unified by a Bardic vocation, to bind "the living and the dead" and to nurture "the kind."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-300) and index.

ISBN:

0333562836

OCLC:

52257901