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The Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850 (A Norton Critical Edition)
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The Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850 (A Norton Critical Edition) Paperback - 1979

by Wordsworth, William

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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1979. Book. New. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large trade paperback, new in publisher's shrink-wrap. 684 pages (?). Edited by Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H Abrams and Stephen Gill. Contains preface, chronological table, critical review of the 1850 revision and seven scholarly critical essays. "This book is the first to present Wordsworth's great poem in all three of its separate forms. It reprints, on facing pages, the version of The Prelude that was completed in 1805, together with the much-revised work published after the poet's death in 1850. In addition, the editors include the two-part version of the poem, composed in 1798-99. Each of these poems has its distinctive qualities and values; to read them together provides an incomparable chance to observe a great poet composing and recomposing, throughout a long life, his major work." from rear panel] The definitive critical study of Wordsworth's magnum opus. New. .
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  • Title The Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850 (A Norton Critical Edition)
  • Author Wordsworth, William
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition International Ed
  • Condition New
  • Pages 704
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 1979
  • Features Annotated, Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 019138
  • ISBN 9780393090710 / 039309071X
  • Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.82 x 4.3 x 0.86 in (19.86 x 10.92 x 2.18 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Poetry - Authorship, Wordsworth, William
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 79013933
  • Dewey Decimal Code 821.7

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This book is the first to present Wordsworth's greatest poem in all three of its separate forms. It reprints, on facing pages, the version of The Prelude that was completed in 1805, together with the much-revised work published after the poet's death in 1850. In addition the editors include the two-part version of the poem, composed 1798-99. Each of these poems has its distinctive qualities and values; to read them together provides an incomparable chance to observe a great poet composing and recomposing, through a long life, his major work.

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