Author |
: William Wordsworth |
Publisher |
: Lulu.com |
Total Pages |
: 382 |
Release |
: 2014-07-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781847603432 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1847603432 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Excursion and The Recluse by : William Wordsworth
Download or read book The Excursion and The Recluse written by William Wordsworth and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1798, Coleridge persuaded Wordsworth that it was his destiny to write the first truly philosophical poem, a project Wordsworth dubbed 'The Recluse, or Views of Nature, Man and Society'. It was, as Wordsworth eventually conceived it, to be a poem in three Parts, each of many books. This is the first ever edition of all the poetry intended to form part of the great work. It includes two poems already written in 1798, 'The Old Cumberland Beggar' and 'A Night Piece'; 'Home at Grasmere' (1806), designated 'The Recluse, Part First, Book First'; four other short poems written for 'The Recluse' in 1808 and 1826; and 'The Recluse, Part Second', otherwise known as 'The Excursion' in the text of 1814. (This is the only reading edition of the original text of 'The Excursion'.) The texts included are selected from 'The Poems of William Wordsworth: Collected Reading Texts from the Cornell Wordsworth', edited by Jared Curtis and first published by Humanities-Ebooks in 2009.