William Wordsworth

First published in 1921, as the second edition of a 1917 original, this book contains a selection of poems by Wordsworth ordered chronologically. The selection was made with the aim of showing 'as clearly as possible the spirit which animates Wordsworth's poetry, his perception of an inward presence in all Nature, communicating itself to man's apprehension and acting as a fortifying and restraining influence, at once a source of content and an impulse to right action'. An editorial introduction is also included, together with detailed notes. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Wordsworth's poetry and English Romanticism.

When it was first published, Lyrical Ballads enraged the critics of the day: Wordsworth and Coleridge had given poetry a voice, one decidedly different to that which had been voiced before. This acclaimed Routledge Classics edition offers the reader the opportunity to study the poems in their original contexts as they appeared to Coleridge’s and Wordsworth’s contemporaries, and includes some of their most famous poems, including Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancyent Marinere.

Feelings come alive through the words of the Romantic poets. Romanticism gained traction in the late 1700s as writers moved away from the intellectualism of the Enlightenment and toward more emotional and natural themes. The major works of the movement's six most famous poets-William Wordsworth, George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, and William Blake-are represented in this handsome Word Cloud Classics volume, The Romantic Poets. One of the largest and most influential artistic movements in history, Romanticism valued intuition and pastoralism, and its themes are well represented in the verse of its stars.

"Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems Volume II", by William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth was major English Romantic poet (1770-1850).

"Poems Volume I", by William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth was major English Romantic poet (1770-1850).

"Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson", by William Wordsworth. William Wordswort was major English Romantic poet (1770-1850).

"Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems Volume I", by William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth was major English Romantic poet (1770-1850).

"Poems Volume I", by William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth was major English Romantic poet (1770-1850).

Originally published in 1932, this book contains a number of extracts from the poems of Wordsworth, including large sections from The Prelude and a number of his shorter poems. Each poem is prefaced with notes by George Mallaby, and an index of first lines is included at the back. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Wordsworth.

Lyrical Ballads With Other Poems, 1800, Volume 1 is a classic collection of English poetry by William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850) was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads. The second of five children born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson, William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Wordsworth House in Cockermouth, Cumberland, 3] part of the scenic region in northwestern England known as the Lake District. His sister, the poet and diarist Dorothy Wordsworth, to whom he was close all his life, was born the following year, and the two were baptised together. They had three other siblings: Richard, the eldest, who became a lawyer; John, born after Dorothy, who went to sea and died in 1805 when the ship of which he was captain, the Earl of Abergavenny, was wrecked off the south coast of England; and Christopher, the youngest, who entered the Church and rose to be Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. 4] Wordsworth's father was a legal representative of James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale and, through his connections, lived in a large mansion in the small town. He was frequently away from home on business, so the young William and his siblings had little involvement with him and remained distant from him until his death in 1783. 5] However, he did encourage William in his reading, and in particular set him to commit to memory large portions of verse, including works by Milton, Shakespeare and Spenser. William was also allowed to use his father's library. William also spent time at his mother's parents' house in Penrith, Cumberland, where he was exposed to the moors, but did not get along with his grandparents or his uncle, who also lived there. His hostile interactions with them distressed him to the point of contemplating suicide. 6] Wordsworth was taught to read by his mother and attended, first, a tiny school of low quality in Cockermouth, then a school in Penrith for the children of upper-class families, where he was taught by Ann Birkett, who insisted on instilling in her students traditions that included pursuing both scholarly and local activities, especially the festivals around Easter, May Day and Shrove Tuesday. Wordsworth was taught both the Bible and the Spectator, but little else. It was at the school in Penrith that he met the Hutchinsons, including Mary, who later became his wife. 7] After the death of his mother, in 1778, Wordsworth's father sent him to Hawkshead Grammar School in Lancashire (now in Cumbria) and sent Dorothy to live with relatives in Yorkshire. She and William did not meet again for another nine years. Wordsworth made his debut as a writer in 1787 when he published a sonnet in The European Magazine. That same year he began attending St John's College, Cambridge. He received his BA degree in 1791. 8] He returned to Hawkshead for the first two summers of his time at Cambridge, and often spent later holidays on walking tours, visiting places famous for the beauty of their landscape. In 1790 he went on a walking tour of Europe, during which he toured the Alps extensively, and visited nearby areas of France, Switzerland, and Italy

Lyrical Ballads: With A Few Other Poems (1798) is a collection of poetry written by William Wordsworth, one of the most celebrated poets of the Romantic era. The book is a collaboration between Wordsworth and his friend and fellow poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It is considered a landmark in English literature, as it marked the beginning of the Romantic movement. The collection includes some of Wordsworth's most famous poems, such as ""Tintern Abbey"" and ""The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"" by Coleridge. The poems are written in a simple, conversational style, with a focus on nature and the everyday experiences of ordinary people. The collection was revolutionary in its use of everyday language and its emphasis on the emotions and experiences of the individual. Lyrical Ballads was published in two volumes, with the first volume containing poems written by Wordsworth and the second volume containing poems written by both Wordsworth and Coleridge. The book was well-received by critics and readers alike, and it helped to establish Wordsworth as one of the leading poets of his time. Overall, Lyrical Ballads: With A Few Other Poems (1798) is a seminal work in English literature, and it continues to be studied and celebrated to this day. This Is A New Release Of The Original 1798 Edition. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.