In this beautifully written and thoughtful book Wordsworth's biographer and editor Stephen Gill explores the ways in which the poet attempted as an artistto maintain continuities through all the stages of his life and shows how revisitings of various kinds are at the heart of his creativity. Nothing was moreimportant to Wordsworth than tracing the evidence that affinities had been preserved between all the stages of the life of man. In this beautifully written and thoughtful book Wordsworth's biographer and editor Stephen Gill exploresthe ways in which the poet attempted as an artist to maintain such continuities and shows how revisitings of various kinds are at the heart of his creativity. Habitually reviewing all of his work, both published and that still inmanuscript, Wordsworth painstakingly revised at the level of verbal detail orrecast it more largely. New poems frequently emerged from re-engagement withold, often serving as a sequel to or commentary from the maturer poet on his own earlier creation, and acts of self-borrowing and self-reference areplentiful. These linkings provide insights into the powerful vision the poetmaintained that his imaginative creation was one evolving unity and reveal much about the obsessions and drives of the great poet. Combining textual analysis, critical commentary, and biographical narrative, Gill explores what binds Wordsworth's later, less well-known poems to his earlier work. At the centre of the book is an account of the evolution of The Prelude from 1804 to 1839, inwhich it is argued thatWordsworth's masterpiece must be followed through all its versions, seen as apoem growing old alongside its creator. INDICE: Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Second Thoughts The Ruined Cottage Revisited The Prelude 1804-1820 The Prelude 1820-1850 Where Once We Stood Rejoicing On Sarum's Plain Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-19-926877-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha Publicación: 27/10/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés