The Prelude: Or, Growth of a Poet's Mind
by William Wordsworth
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- Hardcover
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First published in July 1850, shortly after Wordsworth's death, The Prelude was the culmination of over fifty years of creative work. The great Romantic poem of human consciousness, it takes as its theme 'the growth of a poet's mind': leading the reader back to Wordsworth's formative moments of childhood and youth, and detailing his experiences as a radical undergraduate in France at the time of the Revolution. Initially inspired by Coleridge's exhortation that Wordsworth write a work upon the French Revolution, The Prelude has ultimately become one of the finest examples of poetic autobiography ever written; a fascinating examination of the self that also presents a comprehensive view of the poet's own creative vision.
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- BookLovers of Bath (GB)
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- 199581
- Title
- The Prelude: Or, Growth of a Poet's Mind
- Author
- William Wordsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. Matt paper dust wrapper has insignificant edgewear and is a touch faded. Previous owners&
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, New York & Toronto: Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- english poems, english poetry, english poets, psychological poets, psychology poetry, 19th century poetry, romantic period poetry, english literature, romantic period literature, books by william wordsworth, ernest de selincourt, oxford standard authors s
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- Poetry;
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