A mind for ever voyaging : Wordsworth at work portraying Newton and science / by W.K. Thomas and Warren U. Ober.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, W. K. (Walter Keith), 1927-

Contributor:

Ober, Warren U.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Wordsworth, William.

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850--Knowledge--Science.

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727--In literature.

Newton, Isaac.

Science in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wordsworth depicted Newton, as Roubiliac may well have done in his statue of him, as voyaging, in ecstasy, through God's sensorium. In the Prelude passage from which the title A Mind For Ever Voyaging is derived, and in various others portraying Newton and science, Wordsworth seems to have written for two audiences, the general public and a much smaller, private audience, while seeking to elevate the minds of both to God. Like Pope before him, Wordsworth achieved "What oft was wrought, but ne'er so well exprest."

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Elevating the Mind to God""; ""2 The Sage as Hero""; ""3 What Oft Was Thought""; ""4 A Prevailing Practice""; ""5 Linking Together""; ""6 Strange Seas""; ""7 A Kindred Spirit""; ""8 But Ne'er So Well Exprest""; ""Appendices""; ""A: The Myth of Wordsworth's Reading But Little""; ""B: Wordsworth's Attitude Towards Cambridge Undergraduates""; ""C: Shenstone and Cowper""; ""D: Wordsworth's Attitude Concerning Acknowledgements""; ""E: The Myth of Wordsworth's Total Originality""; ""F: The Availability of Sources for the Hymn to Science""

""G: The Distinctive Cluster of Elements""""H: Wordsworth's Poetic Expectations in Old Age""; ""I: Dating the Last Two Lines on Newton's Statue""; ""J: The Availability of Bulwer's Poem""; ""K: Further Changes Due to Hamilton""; ""L: The Availability of Hunt's Review of Haydon's Painting""; ""M: Wordsworth's Acquaintance with Philo""; ""N: Further Changes Due to Young""; ""O: On the Editing of the Lines on Newton's Statue""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""

""Q""""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4593-0433-0

1-4175-9146-3