William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is one of the most significant poets of English Romanticism. Wordsworth's declaration was a belief in the power of poetry to teach ... Show synopsis William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is one of the most significant poets of English Romanticism. Wordsworth's declaration was a belief in the power of poetry to teach by appealing to the imagination and to the `grand elementary principle of pleasure, by which man knows, and feels, and lives, and moves'. His unique relationship with the poet and political activist, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, founded in the political and social ferment of 1795, produced a revolution in literature, and the annus mirabilis of 1797-8 was one of intense creativity resulting in the joint volume, Lyrical Ballads (1798-1805) - a landmark in the history of English Romanticism. Wordsworth's radical innovations in poetic diction embodied the convictions by which he was struggling to live, and his thought through lyrical utterance and dramatic narrative everywhere asserts the vital significance of feeling both as a bond between men and as a means of discovering the unity of the individual consciousness with the divine, in a coherent and unified vision.This selection, chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition, includes Wordsworth's finest verse, and a large sample of The Prelude and his autobiographical poem in blank verse. This collection is aimed at lovers of English poetry and literature, English A-level students and English literature undergraduates.

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n this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by. A sight so touching in its majesty...Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.

William Wordsworth's verse was the embodiment of the Romantic age, with its evocation of a unifying spirit running through all things. This collection brings together a rich and diverse selection of his works, from the epic autobiographical masterpiece The Prelude to much-loved shorter poems such as `I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' and `She Was a Phantom of Delight'. Alongside his more personal and introspective compositions, poems such as `Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey', `She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways' and `The Idiot Boy' demonstrate, in an era of political and social ferment, the manner in which Wordsworth, together with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, forged a revolutionary new poetic style through the publication of Lyrical Ballads -one that embraced the vernacular and subjects previously deemed unworthy of poetry - and thus changed the literary landscape of England for ever.

La trascendencia de El Preludio para la poesía europea e incluso para el desarrollo de la consciencia occidental es incalculable. Obra a un mismo tiempo biográfica, histórica y mítica, El Preludio es una sinfonia de resonancias liricas, epicas, y filosoficas. Ningun otro poema de proporciones monumentales explora hasta tal pungo la subjetividad humana y contiene al Romanticismo de un modo mas completo.

El Prologo a las baladas liricas es uno de los textos que gozan de mayor notoriedad en la critica literaria. Escrito en 1800 ofrece una detallada explicacion de los tipos estiisticos que determinaron la composicion de los poemas que el mismo Wordsworth y Coleridge incluyran en la primera edicion de la obra. A traves de los años este documento ha sido considerado una especie de manifiesto que introdujo las innovaciones del romanticismo ingles y revoluciono el estilo poetico en el final del siglo XVIII.

"Selected Poetry of William Wordsworth" represents Wordsworth''s prolific output, from the poems first published in "Lyrical Ballads" in 1798 that changed the face of English poetry to the late "Yarrow Revisited." Wordsworth''s poetry is celebrated for its deep feeling, its use of ordinary speech, the love of nature it expresses, and its representation of commonplace things and events. As Matthew Arnold notes, "[Wordsworth''s poetry] is great because of the extraordinary power with which [he] feels the joy offered to us in nature, the joy offered to us in the simple elementary affections and duties."

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William Wordsworth escribió el ampliamente citado Prólogo que aquí se ofrece, para la segunda edición de Baladas Líricas, en el año 1800. Desde entonces ha sido considerado por los estudiosos de la literatura como el "manifiesto romántico" por antonomasia. Un texto fundamental en la historia del pensamiento y la teoría poética.