Wordsworths Philosophic Song
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Series)
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Wordsworth wrote that he longed to compose 'some philosophic Song/Of Truth that cherishes our daily life'. Yet he never finished The Recluse, his long philosophical poem. Simon Jarvis argues that Wordsworth's aspiration to 'philosophic song' is central to his greatness, and changed the way English poetry was written. Some critics see Wordworth as a systematic thinker, while for others he is a poet first, and a thinker only (if at all) second. Jarvis...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:052186268X
ISBN13:9780521862684
Release Date:January 2007
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:284 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.2"
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