Description
| Product ID: | 9780140433692 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Prelude |
| Subtitle: | The Four Texts (1798, 1799, 1805, 1850) |
| Authors: | Author: William Wordsworth, Jonathan Wordsworth |
| Page Count: | 736 |
| Subjects: | Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 , Literary studies: poetry & poets, German |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An annotated parallel-text edition of Wordsworth's autobiographical poem in blank verse. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1995-09-28 |